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of Punjab Ludhiana A five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Punjab Police will investigate the death of 11 people allegedly due to leakage of poisonous gas in Gayaspura area of Punjab. Officials gave this information on Monday. The accident took place on Sunday in a densely populated area of the major industrial center of Punjab. District officials said that to reduce the ill effects of hydrogen sulphide, an overnight clean-up drive was carried out in the area by pouring caustic soda into drains and sewerage lines.
Died due to sewer gas!
Officials said teams of the Punjab Pollution Control Board are looking into the possible reasons for the build-up of toxic gas in the sewer line. He said that the effect of gas is no longer in the area. Hydrogen sulfide, also known as sewer gas, is toxic and smells like rotten eggs, and can cause unconsciousness and death.
SIT will investigate the matter
Speaking to the media here, Ludhiana Police Commissioner Mandeep Singh Sidhu said that the SIT will be headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Investigation) Harmeet Singh Hundal. He said that the team will investigate whether any industrial unit has dumped garbage in the sewer line. Sidhu said that the police will seek the cooperation of the Punjab Pollution Control Board on this and if its officials do not cooperate, action will be taken against them as well.
NDRF started cleanup drive
He told that the team of National NDRF and Municipal Corporation assessed the ambient air quality in the area overnight. He said, “Hydrogen sulfide is no longer found in the air.” The teams also checked the manholes of the area from time to time. “During the night, the level of hydrogen sulphide in the manhole was high, but it has gone down after the chemical decontamination process,” he said.
Industrial body feared gas leak
The Deputy Commissioner said that the team of Pollution Control Board is doing mapping to check the water entry and exit of the industries located in the area. He said that the cordon radius has also been reduced from 250 meters to 25 meters after the air quality was found to be fine. After the gas leak, the authorities cordoned off the area on Sunday. Meanwhile, a Ludhiana-based industry body feared “harassment” by some government departments for the gas leak tragedy.
Statement from Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertaking
At the same time, Upkar Singh Ahuja, president of the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertaking (CICU), said in a statement, “The industry implemented the norms and guidelines issued by various government departments to run the factories and the reason behind this incident There is something else.” Ahuja said that the government should analyze the root cause of the incident. Ahuja later said in a video message, “Whenever such an incident happens, the industry is blamed for it”. He, however, said that if anyone is found violating the rules then action should be taken against him but he will not allow any innocent industrialist to be harassed.
11 people including three children died
Let us tell you that a magisterial inquiry has already been ordered in the matter, and the police have registered an FIR against unknown persons under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). On Sunday, 11 people, including three children, were killed after poisonous gas leaked in the city’s Gyaspura area. All the people who died were from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The administration had announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. Meanwhile, Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Surbhi Malik said on Monday that the area has been decontamination.
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