<div align="justify">New Delhi, DHNS: Over 450 girl students of two schools in southeast Delhi were taken ill on Saturday morning following a gas leak in a container depot nearby.<br /><br />Classes were underway at the Rani Jhansi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya and Government Girls Senior Secondary School Number 2 in the Tughlaqabad area, abutting the Haryana border, when gas leaked from a container parked at a depot nearby. “The children complained of irritation in the eyes and throat. They were immediately evacuated and sent to hospitals nearby,” Romil Baaniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police, told reporters.<br /><br />Baaniya said none of the students were serious and the situation was normal. He said legal action would be initiated against those responsible for the container movement for negligence.<br /><br />By evening, most of the students were discharged from the hospitals after first aid. Doctors were quoted as saying that a tragedy was averted as the fumes were of a diluted version of Chloromethyl Pyridine, a chemical used in manufacturing insecticides and pesticides. The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident. The police have registered an FIR in the matter under various sections of IPC and the Environment (Protection) Act.<br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">New Delhi, DHNS: Over 450 girl students of two schools in southeast Delhi were taken ill on Saturday morning following a gas leak in a container depot nearby.<br /><br />Classes were underway at the Rani Jhansi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya and Government Girls Senior Secondary School Number 2 in the Tughlaqabad area, abutting the Haryana border, when gas leaked from a container parked at a depot nearby. “The children complained of irritation in the eyes and throat. They were immediately evacuated and sent to hospitals nearby,” Romil Baaniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police, told reporters.<br /><br />Baaniya said none of the students were serious and the situation was normal. He said legal action would be initiated against those responsible for the container movement for negligence.<br /><br />By evening, most of the students were discharged from the hospitals after first aid. Doctors were quoted as saying that a tragedy was averted as the fumes were of a diluted version of Chloromethyl Pyridine, a chemical used in manufacturing insecticides and pesticides. The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident. The police have registered an FIR in the matter under various sections of IPC and the Environment (Protection) Act.<br /><br /></div>
