'Booth Chalo' campaign: Rajnath reaches booth in Lucknow
Lucknow, Oct 7 : Union Home Minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh Sunday reached a polling booth in the state capital under the 'Booth Chalo' campaign run by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
President of BJP's Lucknow mahanagar (city) unit Mukesh Sharma said Singh reached polling booth-97 (Sindhunagar) located in Mahanagar Inter College polling station in Lucknow Cantonment assembly constituency.
Singh also got the Form-6 filled in by people who want to enrol themselves as voter and those whose names were not in the voters list, Sharma said, adding that the Union minister also facilitated online membership for the party.
Meanwhile, members of booth committee of booth number-273 met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and briefed him about the party's campaign, general secretary of BJP's Lucknow mahanagar (city) unit Pushkar Shukla said.
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Ammonia gas leak at factory in MP causes panic, workers shifted
Ratlam (MP) (PTI): Ammonia gas leak at a factory in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district affected some people and triggered a panic, prompting authorities to shift workers from the unit, officials said on Wednesday.
The incident took place in Jaora town of the district at around 10.30 pm on Tuesday, following which police, fire brigade and administration authorities rushed to the site and stopped the leakage, they said.
Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Trilochan Gaud said the ammonia gas leak occurred at Porwal Ice Factory in Jaora town.
"Prima facie, it was ammonia leak. The police and the administration immediately sprinkled water, stopped the gas leak and brought the situation under control," Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar said.
Some affected people were provided medical treatment, he said without elaborating.
There is a police line adjacent the factory. Some police personnel on night stroll first felt the gas leakage and acted as the first responder, the official said.
The gas leak was promptly detected and it was not a big incident, Gaud said.
Labourers from the factory were shifted immediately, he said.
Fire brigade immediately controlled the gas leak by spraying water, the SDM said, adding the situation is currently under control.
