‘LG Polymers will not be allowed to function as it used to in past at same location’
AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday indicated that LG Polymers plant at Visakhapatnam will not be allowed to function as it used to in the past even as he maintained that culprits responsible for the gas leak will be booked.
Speaking through video conference with officials and some of the victims, Reddy blamed the previous N Chandrababu Naidu-led government for allegedly according permission to the company for expansion. “We will not spare anybody. Whoever is responsible for the incident,action will certainly be taken against them.
Once we get reports from all the committees including those constituted by the centre, we will seek answers from the company.the answers will be examined by the experts,” Jagan said.
As many as 12 people were killed when styrene vapours leaked from the LG Polymers plant on May 7, while several hundred fell ill after inhaling the poisonous chemical at RR Venkatapuram near Visakhapatnam.
“Whatever action is recommended by the committees, those proceedings will be implemented transparently.
We will not allow such a situation that the company will undertake the same activities at the same location in future.
That is why that raw material Styrene has also been sent back,” Reddy said.
LG Polymers in a statement on Monday said it successfully completed the transportation of the Styrene Monomer (SM) inventory within the plant as well as in the styrene tanks that were at the port.