Mangaluru, Jan 11 (PTI) As many as 20 workers were hospitalised following ammonia leakage in a sea food processing plant at Baikampady industrial area here on Tuesday, police sources said.

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Sources said 80 workers are employed in the Everest sea foods private limited in Panambur police station limits where the incident occurred. A total of 20 workers were affected by the leakage.

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The workers who fell ill have been admitted to a medical college hospital at nearby Mukka.

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