Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is monitoring the situation in southern city of Vishakhapatnam, where at least three persons died and over a hundred admitted in hospitals after gas leaked from a chemical plant early Thursday morning.
Modi has called a video-conference meeting of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) officials at 11:00 hours to discuss the situation arising out of the gas leak incident.
According to local media reports, people in several villages around the ill-fated chemical plant have been affected.
Situation is under control and the whole area around the chemical plant has been cordoned off and sealed."
"Prima facie it appears the three persons died of suffocation," he added.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy is scheduled to visit Vishakhapatnam soon to take stock of the situation, said a source close to him.
The source also said that the gas leaked from the "LG Polymers" chemical plant in the wee hours of Thursday morning, leading to panic among the local people.
xinhua
