Vizag plant stabilised, teams assisting govt to assess damage: L G Polymers

Apart from the 12 casualties on Thursday, the leakage had hundreds of people living closer to the plant in Visakhapatnam under medical emergency

L G Polymers India said on Saturday that the status-quo at the Vizag plant had been brought under control.

The leakage of stored styrene early hours of Thursday resulted in 12 deaths apart from causing a medical emergency for hundreds of people living in areas close to the plant in Visakhapatnam.

"Our teams are working day and night with the government to assess the impact of the damage caused and create concrete measures to deliver an effective care package that can be implemented immediately," the company said in a statement while expressing condolences and apologies to people affected by the