Deputy director of industries and two other experts from Kanpur and Noida arrived in Prayagraj on Thursday to conduct an inquiry into the IFFCO Phulpur ammonia leakage tragedy.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had ordered an inquiry into the accident and the three officials were sent to the IFFCO’s Phulpur unit.
The officials, Abhay Chandra Gupta, DP Singh, and Ram Bahadur, visited the accident site and gathered information from the workers, According to them, this accident took place owing to a broken coupling rod. The rod has been sent to IIT, Kanpur for a thorough examination.
The inquiry report will probably be submitted within a couple of days.
On the other hand, the employees union of IFFCO, Phulpur levelled allegations of negligence against the organisation and said that this was not the first ammonia leakage in the plant.
They demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore each for the two officials killed in the incident and Rs 10 lakh each for the seriously ill.