ASHULIA, DHAKA: At least 100 workers of a shoe factory fell sick after causing inhalation problem as toxic air spread from poisonous chemical at Durgapur of the industrial area on Wednesday noon.

The ailing workers were admitted to Ganashasthya Hospital and Women and Child care Hospital.

Local sources said that a worker was fainted after felling ordure spell in the air at the 4th floor of Durgapur Leatherex Footwear Industries Ltd. Around 12:00 noon and later, same incidents rapidly erupted in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor of the factory.

Meanwhile, the authority of the factory shut the operation to control the situation.

The on duty doctors of Women and Child care Hospital said that necessary treatments were given to the ailing workers and they couldn’t get any clues primarily behind the mass ailing incidents.

Manager of the factory M Jakir Hossain told banglanews that the workers fell sick suddenly and the authority shut the operation due to the matter.  

BDST: 2025 HRS, OCT 02, 2013
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