Gas leak from acid tanker kills woman

To minimize the impact of the leakage,water was sprayed on the spillage and Kanpur Nagar Nigam teams sprinkled lime-salt in the area.

Additional District Magistrate (City) Shailendra Kumar Singh,said: “After the tanker carrying sulphuric acid broke down near Siddhnath Ghat of Jajmau,a crane was called to shift it to one side of the road. However,a part of the tanker got damaged and the acid fell on the road and trickled into the nearby sewer line connecting several houses of the vicinity.” Singh said the gas emitted by sulphuric acid suffocated Shabina and she died inside the bathroom. An ex-gratia would be given to the family members of Shabina,he said.

Additional SP (Kanpur) Kush Har Saurabh said: “It appears the sulphuric acid was being taken to one of the leather units of Jajmau area.”

Shabina’s brother Arshad said while other family members rushed out when gas entered the house through sewer line,her sister who had gone to the bathroom to wash clothes could not.