By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/ROURKELA: As many as 4 workers on Wednesday died while more than 6 fell sick after leakage of toxic gas at SAIL run Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha’s Steel city of Rourkela.
Sources said 6 of the victims were taken to the RSP dispensary, four workers, identified as Babu Panda, Abhimanyu Saha, Rabi Sahu and Ganesh Pylo, were admitted to the ICU of the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) as their condition deteriorated. They died while undergoing treatment at the IGH.Senior officials of the RSP have started investigation into the incident.
According to reports, the mishap took place this morning at the Coal Chemical Department of the Rourkela Steel Plant. A total of 10 workers engaged at the plant contractually by a private construction company were affected due to the leakage of carbon monoxide gas.
