NEW DELHI: As many as 200 school students were admitted to hospital after a gas leak from a container truck in Delhi’s Tughlakabad on Saturday morning.
According to police, a call was received at around 7:35am about some chemical leakage at customs area of Tughlaqabad depot, which is located near the Rani Jhansi School for Girls run by the city government. The school’s principal said the children complained of suffocation and irritation in the eyes.
Following the incident, teams of police and National Disaster Response Force as well as CATS ambulance reached the spot.
“Around 200 children have been admitted to four hospitals for treatment. No one is serious. Situation is normal,” Romil Baniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-East, told ANI.
“Some chemical leakage at customs area of Tughlaqabad depot has caused eye irritation to the students in Rani Jhansi school,” DCP(Southeast) Romil Baaniya said.
The students were admitted to three hospitals.
According to Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the students are fine.
“There was an exam in the school which we have cancelled following the incident,” Sisodia said.
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