Thousands of people, who woke up choking on Thursday morning, were seen running before sunrise to safe places and calling the police and disaster response teams for help. Some of them could not tolerate the dense fumes and collapsed on roads, pavements and open grounds. Some fell unconscious inside their homes. State transport buses were also used to shift the affected. Several cattle, dogs, cats birds too collapsed on the roads, while tree leaves were burnt (i) Can u guess the name of the tragedy which took place recently and also compare the incident with that of Bhopal gas Tragedy based on the following parameters. A. Mention the cause of the accident B. Specify the gas name which leaked/exploded. B. Death Toll C Impact on the environment. (ii)List out any 5 Chemical industries in India using hazardous gases which are prone to such gas accidents and suggest any 3 to 5 precautionary measures to avoid such tragedy in future.
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VISAKHAPATNAM: In a pre-dawn disaster, at least 11 persons died and hundreds of others fell sick when styrene vapours leaked from a chemical plant in a thickly populated area of Gopalapatnam in Visakhapatnam on Thursday morning. The deceased included two minors. Styrene is a liquid hydrocarbon, which can leak at high temperature and evaporate easily into the atmosphere as vapour.
The condition of 22 people, including 10 children, is said to be critical with senior officials fearing that the toll may rise further. Women and children were the worst affected. The AP government evacuated 10,000 people living within a radius of 5 km of plant. Eight hundred people were shifted to hospitals and many have since been discharged.
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