One dies in Hetero Visakhapatnam Plant blast

Deputy Inspector of Factories, Mr. Narayana Rao reported to the Hindu that the process was complete but we suspect that some amount of material was stuck in the bottom pipeline after the transfer. As per norms, the temperature to store the material is minus 20 degrees Celsius. But as per our initial assessment, the material was stuck in the pipeline for about one-and-a-half hours and during this period the temperature would have shot up and this might have triggered the blast.

On a sustained agitation and a complaint filed by the members from the neighboring villages, National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered an inquiry. The residents from about nine neighboring villages, including from those that are predominantly fishing villages had complained that the company has surreptitiously laid a pipeline for a distance of about 4km for pumping its effluents into the sea. They complained of damage to the environment, depletion of fish caught, and groundwater pollution said V. S. Krishna of Human Rights Forum.