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October 22, 2006
200 ill after inhaling toxic gas in Bhopal
IBN News, October 15, 2006
Nearly 150 people were sent for treatment to a Bhopal hospital where their condition was declared stable.
Bhopal: At least 200 people were taken ill in villages along the borders of Bhopal and Raisen districts in Madhya Pradesh after inhaling an unknown toxic gas.
“Around 200 people in Kirat Nagar, Mendua and Nayapara Tola villages complained of vomiting and burning sensation in their eyes while some of them fell unconscious after inhaling gas that emanated from an unidentified source," District Collector Arun Bhat said.
Nearly 150 people were sent for treatment to a Bhopal hospital where their condition was declared stable.
The mishap was reportedly caused by a gas leak from a plant in the nearby industrial area.
Police vehicles were immediately pressed into service to transfer the affected people to nearby hospitals. Meanwhile, the three affected villages have been evacuated as a precautionary measure.
The administration has started running checks on the factories and a team of doctors and environment experts has also rushed to the spot.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Another Bhopal gas leak
Toronto Sun, October 15, 2006
RAIPUR, India -- About 200 people were admitted to hospitals with severe breathing problems after an unknown gas leaked from an industrial plant near Bhopal in central India, officials said yesterday.
The accident occurred late Saturday in Raisen district, which lies adjacent to Bhopal where more than 3,500 people died in December 1984 after gas leaked from a Union Carbide plant.
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200 people ill after gas leak near India's Bhopal city
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, October 15, 2006
More than 150 people were admitted to hospitals after they complained of a burning sensation in their eyes, severe breathing problems and nausea, district official Arun Bhat was quoted as saying.
He said most of the patients had been sent to a hospital in Bhopal and their condition was stable.
More than 3,500 people died in Bhopal city in 1984 after a gas leak from an Union Carbide pesticide plant.
Bhat said the situation in Raisen was not serious and the patients were expected to return home in a day or two.
A team of the state's pollution board had inspected factories near the villages to try and identify the source of the leak, he said.
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October 15, 2006
Gas leak affects 500 people near Bhopal
Indo-Asian News Service, October 15, 2006
In Madhya Pradesh 500 people complained of burning eyes and nausea on Sunday after allegedly inhaling toxic gas, the source of which remains unknown, district administration officials said.
"Around 200 people in Kirat Nagar, Mendua and Nayapara Tola villages complained of vomiting and burning sensation in their eyes perhaps after inhaling gas that emanated from an unidentified source," district collector Arun Kumar Bhatt said.
The people from the neighbouring Raisen district's three villages were immediately brought to Bhopal's JP Hospital for treatment and discharged after first aid, including eye drops and general medicines.
The leakage, suspected to have occurred near Bangrasia on the Bhopal-Bhojpur road, may have been caused by some gas emanating from some factory near the village.
"The air started to smell. Soon everyone in the village felt a burning sensation in the eyes. Many started coughing and feeling breathless," said Bablu, a resident of Nayapura.
Bhatt added: "The administration has taken necessary steps and there is no reason to panic. No one exposed to the gas is serious and almost all of them have been sent back to their homes after necessary medicines.
"The administration has started the hunt for the source of gas leakage but most of the factories are closed on Sunday. A team of doctors and environment experts from the State Pollution Board has also been rushed to the spot and are taking care of the situation."
While NGOs suspect it to be a case of yet another industrial disaster - not as severe as the Bhopal gas tragedy, there are also reports of leakage from a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) tanker carrying gas to make tear gas shells.
The Bhopal gas tragedy in December 1984 occurred when 40 tonnes of deadly methyl-iso-cyanate gushed out of the Union Carbide's pesticide plant, killing 15,000 people.
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October 14, 2006
200 fall ill after inhaling toxic gas
NDTV, October 14, 2006
Around 200 people including women and children fell ill after inhaling some unknown toxic gas in three villages of Umraoganj area on Saturday, official sources said.
"People in Kirat Nagar, Mendua and Nayapara Tola villages complained of vomiting and burning sensation in their eyes while some of them fell unconscious after inhaling gas that emanated from unidentified source," said District Collector Arun Bhat.
Nearly 150 people were sent for treatment to a Bhopal hospital where their condition was declared to be stable, he said.
A team of state pollution control board inspected factories, the nearby Mandeep industrial area and some camps of paramilitary force to ascertain the origin and nature of gas.
"The situation is under control and there is no need for panic. People undergoing treatment in Bhopal are also expected to return to their respective villages very soon," hospital sources in Bhopal said. (PTI)
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