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When the MGR Chennai Central–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express pulled into the Bhubaneswar railway station on the morning of June 27, Sari Juang, along with her two younger sisters, had just cheated death by a mile. The over 1,500-km journey back to their home State followed a deadly ammonia gas leak at their workplace – a seafood…
Migrant women undergoing treatment at a hospital after the ammonia gas leak incident. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The toll in the ammonia leak at a seafood processing and export facility in Tiruvallur district last month has risen to 18, with the death of one more hospitalised woman migrant worker on Friday (July 3, 2026)….
It was a seemingly routine Sunday morning on June 21 at St. Peter & Paul Sea Food Export Private Limited at Kannigaipair village in Tiruvallur district. The unit stands along the busy road connecting Karanodai with Periyapalayam and Uthukottai, surrounded by agricultural fields, a few industrial establishments, and an educational institution. The factory processes prawns,…
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A view of the ammonia gas leak factory at St. Peter and Paul Seafoods processing and Export factory, Kanigaipair Village in Tiruvallur | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Another woman from Assam has died after the ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing and export facility in Tiruvallur district, taking the death toll to nine on…
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Police sources said the company had earlier witnessed an ammonia gas leak in 2014, which claimed one life. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Officials from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), Revenue, Labour, and Police Departments inspected the seafood processing unit at Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district and carried out separate inquiries to determine…