Nagda Junction: There was panic in the CSTU department of Grasim Industries due to a gas leak on Wednesday evening. Within no time the gas spread in half the city, causing darkness. People started having burning sensations in the eyes, coughs, and difficulty in breathing. This caused a stir. Industry management informed to avoid this by messaging on internet media. After an hour the leak was rectified and the leak was brought under control. Some people later reached the hospital and got treatment.
There was a sudden leakage of a large amount of gas from the CSTU department of Grasim Industries at 4 pm on Wednesday. Due to the direction of the wind towards the city, all the gas coming into the market area turned into smoke. The smoke was so much that the person nearby could not be seen. Seeing the rising smoke, there was panic in the city.
Everyone started taking information about gas and its prevention from each other on mobile. The gas caused burning in the eyes, cough, and shortness of breath. Many people went to the hospital for treatment. However, no one was hurt due to the gas leak. Some people returned to normal after treatment.
Industry’s Public Relations Officer Sanjay Vyas said that the maintenance work was being done in Acid Plant No. 1 since last Saturday. The work of cleaning the gas line is in progress. During drain valve cleaning, a small amount spread inside the parapet wall in the drain valve with line cleaning as per the prescribed procedure. Due to which sulfur trioxide gas started leaking. It was controlled with safety equipment. The industry manager himself was present at the time of control. The situation will be clear after the investigation is done in the case of gas leakage.
Panicked people started going out of the city, after the gas leak, there was an atmosphere of panic among the residents. Various types of comments were also being put on the internet media. Many people went outside the city in private vehicles. There was burning in the eyes, difficulty in breathing. On this, the industry management gave information on how to avoid gas along with information on control of leakage gas on internet media. Let us tell you that after many years such a huge amount of gas has leaked.
Sulfur trioxide is used to make a variety of chemical products. It is widely used in industries. It dissolves in water present in the atmosphere to form sulfuric acid, which is responsible for acid rain. Acid rain has adverse effects on human skin and eyes.
