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Acid leakage creates panic

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, MAY 19. Leakage of acetic acid from a drum, being transported in a DCM van, sent passers-by and locals into a state of panic on the IDPL main road in Balanagar on Wednesday night.

Traffic came to a grinding halt and the pungent smell emanating from the chemical that spilled over the road only added to the fears of the public forcing the police to press fire-tenders into service. Though reasons for the leakage were not yet known, the Balanagar Assistant Commissioner of Police, S. Diwakar, said the drum's lid accidentally came off.

A private company, Swasthik Udyog Training, was transporting 10 drums of the chemical from Balanagar to Fatehnagar, the ACP said. The police did not register a case.

"The Pollution Control Board will look into the matter," the ACP added.

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