Poison likely to find its way into Serian district's water supply system

Powerful blast: File pic shows dark smoke billowing from the factory seconds after the explosion in Serian town on March 14.

SERIAN: Fear of chemical poisoning is gripping the town following the discovery of an illegal dumping a mere 5km out of here.

Town folk alerted to the irresponsible act said on Friday that “easily a hundred tonnes of ashes and rubble” from the fertilizer factory that exploded and went up in smoke on March 14 here, had been dumped by the side of the Serian-Tebedu highway.