In Sonaichhari union alone where both BM depot and Sheema Oxygen Plant are located there are around 50 shipbreaking yards, several re-rolling mills, oxygen plants and one LP gas plant
Sitakunda has frequently made headlines for accidents inside industrial units, but these two incidents have adversely affected locals quite some distance from the sites.
A man was killed after a metal object from the explosion at an oxygen plant hit him nearly a kilometre away at Kadamrusul Bazar in Chattogram's Sitakunda upazila today