Erode: R Damodharan Nadupalayam Village, Sridhar chemical owner who died after breathing chlorine, running a one-person business.
Damodharan came out of the unit when the gas began to leak, said M Palanimy, 46, from Vairamangalam, who was hospitalized after inhaling toxic gases.
“I climbed a coconut tree to pull soft coconut when Damodharan told me.
I told the people who worked in the nearest weaving unit.
We all experienced difficulty breathing after breathing gas,” he told Toi.
R Raj Kishore Sahul, 22, R Sanjay Kumar Jana, 38, S Manoj Bhera, 26, I Sanjay Malik, 35, R Rakesh Bhoya, 18, N Ashok, 32, M Ranjith Parith, 33, All from Odisha, N Manoj Kumar, 31, From Periya Semur, R Gopi, 26, Erode, K Arul Manikandan of Erode, Palanimy, V Kumar of Gobichettipalayam, Angamuthu, 35, from Kumarapalayam at Namakkal District and R Thangamani, 47, who suffered breathing, Suffering from difficulty rushing to erode the district head office hospital, said Inspector T Kannan, attached to the Chithode police station.
“Kumar, Sanjay Malik, Ashok, Angamuthu, Thangamani and Palanisamy are in the ICU,” added the inspector.
Erode Collector H Krishnanunni told reporters that he would hold a meeting with people who handle chemicals to check similar incidents.
“I will instruct them to ensure that fire extinguishers and gas masks at any time,” he told the media.
Tamil Nadu: scrape gas leaks put focus on safety
