The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of ammonia gas leak from Coromandel International Limited, a fertiliser manufacturing unit in Ennore.
Based on media reports of several people from Periakuppam, Ernavur, Burma Nagar experiencing breathlessness and eye and skin irritation after leakage of ammonia from gas pipelines of the unit, the NGT on December 27 issued directions to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to file a report on the incident.
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