These events occur due to mishaps or failures in industry or companies and negligence in following SOPs and Guidelines. While the common causes for chemical accidents are deficiencies in safety management systems or human errors, natural calamities or sabotage may also trigger such accidents. Chemical accidents are significant and have long term impact on the community and environment. It leads to injuries, pain, suffering, loss of lives, damage to property and environment. Hence, a robust plan and mitigation measure needs to be adopted to overcome this hazard.
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Table 13
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Potential Chemical
Hazardous Sites in Leh District |
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S. No |
Name and Address of MAH unit |
Quantity of Hazardous Chemical |
Type of Storage |
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1 |
Indian
Bottling Plant LPG Filling station, Phey village, Leh-Srinagar National
Highway |
5000MT/year |
Mounded Bullet |
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2 |
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd, Phey village, Leh-Srinagar
National Highway |
508360 KL |
UG Tank |
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1800 KL |
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1080 KL |
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1440KL |
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|
130KL |
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3 |
Indian Oil Corp. Bulk Depot. Agling Road, Leh |
6000 KL |
UG Tank |
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6050 KL |
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1600KL |
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2200KL |
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4 |
Bharat Petroleum Ltd. ,
village Nimmo, Leh-Srinagar National Highway |
297 KL |
UG Tank |
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406 KL |
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15KL |
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5 |
Ladakh Oxygen Plant ,
Industrial Estate, Phey |
18,25,00,000 Ltrs. |
Oxygen Cylinder |
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6 |
Leh Oxy Care, Chuchot
Yokma, leh |
20,07,50,000 ltrs |
Oxygen Cylinder |
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7 |
Cattle Research and
Breeding Farm, Changspa Leh |
4480 ltrs (20 litres per hour capacity) |
Cryocans |
