The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), briefing media on the Visakhapatnam gas leak incident, on Thursday declared it as a “chemical disaster”.
An NDMA official said that the mishap is a chemical disaster and the response requires expertise on the chemical side, the chemical management side, on medical part as well as on the evacuation part.
Meanwhile, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General, SN Pradhan, during the briefing informed that the death toll due to the gas leak has risen to 11 including a child.
The press briefing was attended by officials of the NDRF, NDMA and Director of AIIMS.
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PK Mishra on Thursday held a meeting with Cabinet Secretary, Home Secretary, NDRF, NDMA, Director AIIMS and medical experts on the incident of gas leak in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam and also directed to send a team of experts and measures for relief and rescue work.
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