A dried up papaya tree due to the effect of the gas leak from the LG Polymers plant at RR Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam on May 10, 2020.|Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak
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An official declaration said that the technical group makes up professionals from production, environment and safety locations and it will investigate the cause of the incident.
South Korean chemicals giant LG Chem has sent an eight-member group from Seoul to investigate the Visakhapatnam gas leak occurrence and rehabilitate the victims of the tragedy that killed at least 11 individuals and forced the evacuation of thousands.
The team would “immediately support responsible rehab” that is the primary goal of the task force, the company declared.
“An eight-member technical team from Seoul head office, led by the president of our petrochemicals company, has been dispatched to LG Polymers India. This team will work closely on-ground in addition to the concerned authorities to solve the circumstance and assist with real-time restorative and rehabilitation measures, said LG Polymers India, an unit of LG Chem, in a declaration.
