
APPCB officials clueless on gas leak in pharma city
The Hindu
‘We can come to a conclusion only after a detailed investigation’
A day after two contract workers died after inhaling some kind of poisonous gas at the effluent treatment plant in Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City (JNPC), Parawada, the police, the management and the experts from the Department of Factories and the AP Pollution Control Board, are yet to come out with a plausible explanation.
Speaking to The Hindu, T. Rajendra Reddy, Joint Chief Environmental Engineer of the AP PCB, said that the incident looks mysterious, as such things should not happen in a treatment plant. But we can come to a conclusion only after a detailed investigation, which includes getting facts from the autopsy report, he said.

About 923 families of Nagarathar community arrived from across the globe at Nattarasankottai in Sivaganga district to celebrate the traditional ‘Sevvai Pongal’ festival. This annual event serves as a massive international reunion for the Nagarathar community people. Local residents said while many might miss major holidays like Pongal or Deepavali, they made every effort to attend Sevvai Pongal, which was held on the first Tuesday following Pongal. This tradition had been upheld by the community for over two centuries.












