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Gas Inhalation at Anakapalli Pharma Unit Kills Two Workers

Officials from the factories department alongside pollution control board representatives are inspecting the site of the overnight accident at Sai Sreyas’ Anakapalli facility

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Overview

  • P. Chandrasekhar of Hyderabad (32) and S. Kumar of Munagapaka (25) collapsed and died after inhaling gas during a late-night waste treatment operation at Sai Sreyas’ effluent treatment plant
  • A third worker, B. Baisal from Odisha, was also exposed and remains hospitalized for treatment
  • Parawada police and factory inspectors report the gas was released while processing waste for transfer to a common effluent treatment plant
  • Factories department and pollution control officials have launched an on-site investigation to assess potential safety lapses
  • Labor union leaders are demanding ₹1 crore in compensation per family as the region confronts repeated pharmaceutical plant accidents, including a deadly August 2024 blast