Chlorine Gas Leak In Andhra, 10 students Hospitalised

Children were practicing swimming in the pool…

On Thursday, swimming pool academy supervisor said that more than ten students aged between 8 to 14 years fell ill due to chlorine gas leakage in a municipal swimming pool in Vijayawada district of Andhra Pradesh.

The accident took place on Wednesday in Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Swimming Pool while the children were practising in the swimming pool. Children are severely ill due to chlorine leakage in the pool.

All the children were swimming in a 50-metre pool and the chlorine gas leaked from a tanker of the 25-meter pool.

The children were preparing for the competitions to be held in Eluru on December 11.

"On Wednesday night, the incident happened at around 8:30 pm. Some of the swimmers requested us to give them permission for swimming as they are having a competition on December 11.

We told them to get permission from the municipal commissioner and they said that have permission," said Mr. Rambabu, Swimming pool academy supervisor.

Ten sick children were shifted to the hospital and a child was shifted to a private hospital in critical condition and later on re-shifted to a government hospital. However, all the students are totally stable now.

Parents said that the danger is due to improper chlorine system maintenance and management.