Vizag gas leak:Company would be asked to explain, says AP Industries Minister

Andhra Pradesh Industries

Minister M Goutham Reddy on Thursday said the state government is airlifting 500 tons of inhibitors, as a foolproof safety measure, to neutralize the chemical substances in the Visakhapatnam gas leak incident and that the company would be asked to explain what went wrong.

The leak was contained within an hour, he said.

Maintaining that the administration was taking all precautionary steps,the minister said the factory was not being operated, but personnel were trying to get it to readiness.

The substance in one of the storage tanks became vapours due to heat and got leaked and not because they were running the plant, he said.

"Immediately after the leak what we have done is, we have neutralized that compound at that time itself.

We applied inhibitors and neutralized that liquid compound," Reddy, who was in Hyderabad, told PTI, when asked about the government's response.

The liquid compound converted into vapours and leaked through one of ...