NEW DELHI: The Andhra Pradesh government is looking to permanently shut down South Korea’s LG Polymers' Visakhapatnam facility that was behind the toxic gas leak that claimed 11 lives.
While initial reports suggest that the accident may have resulted from maintenance failures, operating errors and improper storage of the toxic gas, given that the factories handling hazardous chemicals shouldn’t be located around densely populated urban settings, the state government headed by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is mulling to permanently shutter the facility. “This plant will have to be shut down in the longer term," said a senior state government official requesting anonymity.