Eleven people died and nine were hospitalised after a gas leak in Ludhiana in the northern Indian state of Punjab, a state lawmaker said on Sunday.
\nA team from the National Disaster Response Force was at the site along with a team of experts to determine the cause and source of the leak, said Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina, a member of the legislative assembly in Ludhiana.
\nPolice officials were seen patrolling wearing masks and asking locals to keep out of a cordoned area, according to ANI news agency\u2019s video feed on Twitter.
\n\u201cThe incident happened near a milk shop and a doctor\u2019s clinic although we cannot say for sure where the leak began,\u201d Chhina told Reuters by phone.
\n\u201cPeople who came to buy milk in the morning fell unconscious outside,\u201d she said.
\nPunjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann tweeted the leak was from a factory, without providing further details.
\n\u201cDefinitely, it is a gas leak case. The NDRF team is present at the spot to evacuate the people and will conduct the rescue operation,\u201d ANI quoted West Ludhiana Sub Divisional Magistrate Swati as saying.
\nANI said a fire brigade team was also present at the site while the police have sealed the area.
\nA video shared by ANI on Twitter showed a local saying, \u201cI came to know that five members of my family are unconscious.\u201d In the video, police officials could be seen stopping him from going towards the incident site.
\nAnother video showed a resident, Anjan Kumar, telling the reporter that the gas leaked from the factory was poisonous and one \u201cwould not be able to breathe\u201d when surrounded by it. Three bodies had \u201cturned blue\u201d, he said.
\nIn August 2022, at least 112 women had been hospitalised after a gas leak occurred at an apparel manufacturing plant in India. However, no deaths were reported at the time.
\nIn May 2020, at least five people were killed and hundreds were hospitalised after a gas leak at a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam, an industrial port city in Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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