Lucknow: On a day when BJP president Amit Shah, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath are busy unveiling developmental projects in Amethi, reports said over 250 children in a Shamli school suddenly fell sick after a chemical leak.
The children were rushed to the district hospital with uneasiness in breathing, stomach-ache and bitterness in the mouth.
Most of the children were discharged after first aid and some life-saving injections, said the Chief Medical Officer Dr Raj Kumar.
Shamli is a sugar belt area with several mills lining the cities outskirts, CNN-News18 reported. The leakage is suspected to have come from a nearby mill.
According to TV reports, a possible leakage at the wastage treatment plant near the Shamli Saraswati Shishu Mandir is the reason. Reports further added that children soon started complaining of burning eyes and some of them even vomited.
#Visuals Shamli: 300 students of Saraswati school ill due to use of chemical at a sugar mill nearby; doctor says no child is seriously ill. pic.twitter.com/I0HzrBIqgv
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) October 10, 2017
Media reports said that 150 out of 250 children are critical and have been admitted in the ICU of a nearby hospital.#Visuals Shamli: Around 300 students of Saraswati school fall ill due to use of chemical at a sugar mill nearby; 30 admitted to hospital. pic.twitter.com/IFrJ1dI9gC
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) October 10, 2017
