Gone girls | Death of 14 Juang girls from Odisha in Tiruvallur ammonia gas leak exposes tribe’s socio-economic struggle
A tragic ammonia gas leak at a seafood plant in Tamil Nadu resulted in the deaths of 14 young women from the Juang tribal community in Odisha. The incident has highlighted the exploitation of vulnerable migrant workers and the socio-economic struggles of the Juang people.
When the MGR Chennai Central–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express pulled into the Bhubaneswar railway station on the morning of June 27, Sari Juang, along with her two younger sisters, had just cheated death by a mile. The over 1,500-km journey back to their home State followed a deadly ammonia gas leak at their workplace – a seafood processing plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur – on June 21.
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