The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) to submit a report by February 11 in connection with the gas tragedy that claimed four lives at the plant earlier this month.
Earlier, three senior officials of the plant have been suspended for their alleged negligence of duties that led to the mishap. Assistant Manager (Safety) Smruti Ranjan Sahu and two Deputy General Manager (DGM) rank officials- Gopabandhu Barik and Nabendu Das have been placed under suspension. Notably, on January 6, four workers died while six others fell sick following leakage of toxic gas at the Coal Chemicals Department of RSP.
A total of 10 workers engaged at plant contractually by a private construction company were affected due to leakage of carbon monoxide gas. While six of them were taken to dispensary of plant, four workers died undergoing treatment at Ispat General Hospital.