By: Press Trust of India | Ludhiana | Updated: June 13, 2015 8:48 am
ਗੁਜਰਾਤ
ਤੋਂ ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਟਰੱਕ ਦੋਰਾਹਾ ਨੇੜੇ ਪੁਲ ਨਾਲ ਟਕਰਾਇਆ ਕਿਓੰਕੇ ਪੁਲ ਨੀਵਾਂ ਸੀ,
ਟਰੱਕ ਦੀ ਗੈਸ ਰਿਸਣ ਨਾਲ ਦੋਰਾਹਾ ਦੇ ਆਸ ਪਾਸ ਦੇ ਇਲਾਕਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਖਾਲੀ ਕਰਾਉਣਾ ਪਿਆ ਸੀ।
6 ਵਿਅਕਤੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਤੇ ਗੈਸ ਦਾ ਮਾੜਾ ਅਸਰ ਪਿਆ।
The ammonia gas leak occurred when the tanker got
stuck under a flyover on the Doraha Bypass Road along a canal, about 25
kms from Ludhiana. At least six people were killed and around 100 others
injured when an ammonia gas tanker leaked early on Saturday in the
district, police said.
The leak occurred when the tanker got stuck under a flyover on the
Doraha Bypass Road along a canal, about 25 kms from here, they said. Six
people died after inhaling the gas, Doraha Police Station’s SHO Rajnish
Kumar Sood said, adding, the bodies have been shifted to a hospital in
Ludhiana.
He said that around 100 other persons complained of
breathing problem due to inhaling of the gas. The residents came
out of their houses when the gas from the leaking tanker spread in and
around Doraha, police said. The affected people have been admitted
to different hospitals in Doraha, Khanna and Ludhiana, the SHO said.
The tanker, bearing registration number of Gujarat was going from
Ludhiana side, the police said. Details were still awaited and
identities of the victims yet to be ascertained, police said, adding,
senior civil and police officers have rushed to the spot to take stock
of the situation.
