The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with an order passed by the National Green Tribunal for relief and compensation for the victims of a toxic gas leak which happened in Rourkela Steel Plant in.
NGT constitutes expert committee to look into Rourkela Steel Plant gas leak matter ANI | Updated: Feb 15, 2021 23:06 IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the constitution of an expert committee comprising the Ministry of Environment, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and the Odisha Pollution Control Board (PCB) to look into the matter of suspected toxic gas leak in Rourkela Steel Plant on January 6.
The bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel in an order passed on February 11, said that the committee may co-opt two other industrial safety experts. CPCB will be the nodal agency for coordination and compliance. The CPCB may take into account earlier expert committee reports on the subject of industrial safety, including reports in recent accidents mentioned earlier, to the extent relevant, and suggest measures to be adopted for avoiding such accidents in the future,
Rourkela steel plant
ROURKELA/BHUBANESWAR: A suspected leak of toxic gas at SAIL s Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) killed four contractual workers on Wednesday. SAIL has formed a three-member inquiry committee to probe the deaths besides suspending two officers on finding prima facie lapses by them, report Mihir Ray and Ashok Pradhan. All emergency protocols have been activated in the plant, a statement from the steel authority said. A spokesperson of the plant said the four deceased - who were the only ones present at the site when the suspected gas leak took place - had been employed by M/s Star Constructions for maintenance work in the coal chemicals department of the factory.
Rourkela Steel Plant. (Photo: sail.co.in)
ROURKELA: At least four contract labourers working in Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) died following a suspected toxic gas leak in the plant on Wednesday.
The four contract workers of M/s Star Constructions working in the coal chemicals department of Rourkela Steel Plant were among more than 10 people felt unwell at about 9am following the suspected coke oven gas leak.
Official sources said all the affected were shifted to Ispat General Hospital. Sources said the doctors declared the four dead at 11.40am.
A high-level committee has been formed to inquire into the cause of the incident. The plant is functioning normally.