Bhubaneswar: Eight people fell ill after gas leakage at state-owned SAIL’s Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Odisha Monday, a senior official said.
The incident took place at blast furnace number 5 of the steel plant, RSP’s director in charge Atanu Bhowmick said.
The eight persons, who fell ill, were immediately sent to the Ispat General Hospital (IGH), he said.
Among them are an executive, a senior supervisor, another RSP employee and some outsourced staff, he added.
“I met all of them and they doing fine,” Bhowmick said.
A committee has been formed to investigate the incident, he said.
The incident happened when work was underway for a gas pipe connection, another official said.
PTI