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From Anaj Mandi to Vizag gas leak, industrial accidents that shook India

India has seen some horrible accidents in the past killing scores of people

Affected people being treated at a hospital after a major chemical gas leakage at LG Polymers industry in RR Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam. Photo: PTI
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Affected people being treated at a hospital after a major chemical gas leakage at LG Polymers industry in RR Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam. Photo: PTI

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Industrial accidents can happen at any time at any place without giving any time to react. The world and India have seen many incidents that claimed several lives. Bhopal gas tragedy and the Chernobyl disaster is not unknown to anyone. On Thursday, people of Vishakhapatnam became a victim of one such incident. Here is a list of some major industrial accidents in the last 10 years in India.

LG Polymers, Visakhapatnam (7 dead and counting)

Visakhapatnam on Thursday woke up to a gas leak at Korean company LG Polymers. Styrene gas leaked from the plant which left at least seven

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