Nagpur, 28 Aug

(HS): Another incident of chlorine leakage sparked panic among the citizens on

Thursday evening. The chorine lea was reported from a Water Purification Plant

of Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP) in Shakarpur under the jurisdiction of

Beltarodi Police Station in Nagpur.

It was the

second gas leak incident within a week, and from Water Purification Plants of

MJP, the first one being in Godhni area on Monday.

According to a

senor Fire Brigade officer, on getting the information Fire Department

personnel from Narendra Nagar and Beltarodi rushed to the site. The teams

cordoned off the area and then sealed the leakage. This was a minor leakage

from a 500 kg tank which was installed recently.

The MJP removed

the tank and shifted it to a safer place.

The leakage in

two MJP water purification plants has raised several questions relating to

safety measures taken during the operations.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar