The country, which is already in the throes of a deadly pandemic, woke up on Thursday (May 7) morning to the news of a gas leak tragedy in Andhra Pradesh’s Vishakhapatnam which claimed eight lives including a child’s, leaving more than 200 hospitalised and 1,000 sick.
The incident, which occurred in the Gopalapatnam-based LG Polymer plant, was instantly reminiscent of the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 which had caused 3,787...