A mechanical engineer died and another contract employee fell ill on the wastewater treatment plant (WTP) premises of KIA Motors India cars manufacturing facility due to a methane gas leak on Thursday in Anantapur district.
While the permitted levels were 10 ppm for Hydrogen Sulphide, the levels at the spot were 140 ppm and methane was 50 to 60 ppm.
The KIA India has given the operation and maintenance contract of the WTP to Hyundai Engineering Company. The KIA India has two other water treatment plants for raw water and process water (from manufacturing plant). The deceased, 32-year-old engineer Sankarpandian Ayyapan, hailing from Villupuram in Tamil Nadu, was a mechanical engineer with Hyundai Engineering Company
