Last week’s fire at Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) that left 15 staffers injured exposed the lack of basic social infrastructure, such as a burn unit, in the industrial town, trade and industry representatives have said.
At a seminar organised by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) on Tuesday, participants expressed concern that the injured had to be rushed to Calcutta without administering primary treatment in Haldia.
They urged Haldia civic chief Shyamal Adak and local MP Dibyendu Adhikari to prod the state government into taking measures to set up a burn unit in the town. They pointed out that there are several factories dealing in petroleum products.
