High Power Committee on LG Polymers submits its reports
After the tragic gas leak incident took place at LG Polymers in Visakhapatnam, the government of Andhra Pradesh appointed a High Power Committee to investigate the incident and provide them with a report so that future accidents as such could be avoided. The committee is headed by Forest Department Special Secretary Neerab Kumar, and Special […]
Parawada Gas Leak: Another failure by the government..?
When the LG Polymers gas leak took place in Visakhapatnam a few weeks ago, the entire nation was devastated with the horror it inflicted upon the neighbouring residents, and the people who worked there as well. The victims of this gas leak haven’t even recovered properly yet, and the people of Visakhapatnam had to once […]
LG Polymers Gas Leak Incident: High Power Committee Enquiry Continue On Second Day |
LG Polymers Gas Leak Incident: High Power Committee Enquiry Continue On Second Day |
NGT shows how badly CM Jagan failed in LG Polymers issue
The National Green Tribunal who are dealing the LG Polymers case gave took sensational decisions that will make the polymers company regret their mistake. First of all, they asked the company to use Rs.50cr for the environmental restoration which was previously deposited in the NGT. In May, the LG Polymers company situated near Vizag, Venkatagiri […]
Any Death In Vizag Outskirts Linked To Gas Leak?
The payment of Rs 1 crore as ex gratia to each of the families of the deceased in the tragic gas leakage from L G Polymers chemical plant in Visakhapatnam on May 7 was an unusual and unprecedented gesture by the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government. As many as 12 people died in the […]
LG Polymers India has absolute liability for gas leak, says NGT
NEW DELHI: South Korean company LG Polymers India has absolute liability for the loss of life and public health in the gas leak incident at its plant in Visakhapatnam, the NGT has said while directing that the interim penalty of Rs 50 crore would be spent on compensation to the victims and the restoration of […]
Naidu Ignores Vizag Tour, Back In Hyderabad!
TDP president and former Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu came to Amaravati early this week by obtaining permission from the police department to visit Visakhapatnam to call on the victims of Styrene gas leak from LG Polymers plant. Due to cancellation of flight in the last moment, Naidu cancelled his visit to Visakhapatnam and […]
73-year-old woman dies in village near LG Polymers unit, kin point fingers at gas leak
VISAKHAPATNAM: A 73-year-old woman from Venkatapuram, one of the villages affected by the styrene gas leak from the LG Polymers unit on May 7 killing 12 persons and leaving several hundreds ill, died of respiratory problems at the King George Hospital on Tuesday night. The woman, Pala Venkayamma, had fallen ill after inhaling the styrene […]
Vizag’s LG Polymers is sealed following HC orders
Succeeding the orders of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, authorities of police sealed the premises of LG Polymers India Private Limited at RR Venkatapuram on Monday. Styrene leakage from the plant killed 12 lives. In an untowardly incident more than 500 individuals were hospitalized with different diseases. The court had undertaken suo moto notice of […]
LG Polymers seizure: SC refuses to stay HC orders!
In a setback to South Korean company LG Polymers India Ltd, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the orders given by Andhra Pradesh high court for seizure of its Visakhapatnam plant responsible for leakage of Styrene gas on May 7 that led to death of 12 persons and hospitalisation of nearly 500 people. […]
Four more experts nominated to the HPC probing LG Polymers Mishap in Visakhapatnam
VIJAYAWADA: Four more experts from various fields were nominated to the High Power Committee (HPC), which is probing the cause behind the gas leak at LG Polymer India Limited plant at RR Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam district on May 7 claiming the lives of 12 persons and leaving hundreds of people ill. After the May 7 […]
Vizag gas tragedy: LG chairman apologises over gas leak, fire
SEOUL: LG Group chairman Koo Gwang-mo apologised on Wednesday over two fatal accidents at LG Chem facilities in the past two weeks, reports said, including a gas leak in India that killed 12 people. LG Group is the fourth-biggest of the chaebols, the family-controlled conglomerates that dominate business in South Korea, the world’s 12th-largest economy. […]
Setback To LG Polymers In Supreme Court
LG Polymers India Ltd from whose plant at Visakhapatnam, there was a leakage of Styrene gas on May 7, resulting in the death of 12 persons and hospitalisation of over 500 people faced a big setback in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The apex court rejected the petition of the company seeking a stay on […]
LG Polymers fulfills Andhra govt’s demand to move styrene at Vizag plant to South Korea
VISAKHAPATNAM: LG Polymers on Monday said it had successfully completed the transportation of the styrene monomer (SM) inventory within the plant as well as in the tanks at the Visakhapatnam Port to South Korea as a precautionary measure. Leakage of styrene gas from the LG Polymers India Private Limited plant at Venkatapuram on May 7 […]
Jagan Slams Naidu For Permitting LG Polymers Expansion
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy made it clear that LG Polymers, which was the cause of the toxic styrene gas tragedy in Vizag that claimed the lives of 12 people, will not be allowed to function as it used to earlier. He also said that those responsible for the gas leak tragedy […]
Vizag: Styrene Mixed With Other Poisonous Gases?
All these days, there have been reports that it was the Styrene gas vapour that leaked from a container in LG Polymers plant which had led to the death of 12 persons and hospitalisation of more than 500 people from the villages surrounding the plant at R R Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam on May 7. The […]
LG Polymers in damage control mode!
A week after the great tragedy of poisonous Styrene gas leak from its plant at Visakhapatnam in which 12 people died and hundreds of people fell sick, South Korean company LG Polymers Ltd is desperately trying for a damage control exercise to overcome the blame. A team of technical experts from the company’s Seoul headquarters, […]
LG Polymers says special task force aiding gas leak victims, issues helpline for locals
VISAKHAPATNAM: Days after a styrene gas leak from its plant claimed 12 lives and left hundreds of people from nearby villages ill, LG Polymers India Private Limited on Thursday said it will soon set up specialised institutions to conduct surveys on the health and environmental impact and disclose the results transparently. In a statement issued […]
Sai Reddy back in action in Vizag!
YSR Congress party general secretary and parliamentary party leader V Vijay Sai Reddy, who has been avoiding coming to Visakhapatnam ever since the poisonous gas leakage from LG Polymers Ltd took place claiming the lives of 12 persons on May 7, is back in action. Vijay Sai Reddy, who tried to come to Visakhapatnam along […]
Don’t Use Fruits & Vegetables Of That Region: NEERI Team!
An expert team from CSIR NEERI (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute) has on Monday visited LG Polymers site in RR Vishakapatnam to assess the impact of leaked styrene gas which killed around 11 people. Besides suggesting that people who are affected with gas leak should undergo medical tests for next one year, the expert team […]