Over 300 students were hospitalised on Saturday after toxic fumes spread due to chemical leakage at a container depot near two schools in southeast Delhi's Tughlakabad area.

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The incident happened in Pul Pehladpur in Delhi’s Tughlaqabad on Saturday morning. The students of Rani Jhansi School and Government Girls Senior Secondary School, run by the city administration, were rushed to nearby hospitals as they complained of irritation in eyes and breathlessness.

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"Therapeutic interventions as per clinical requirements were administered to them. Currently, all patients are in a stable condition," the hospital said in a statement.

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Most of the students were discharged after initial treatment, while a few are still kept under observation.

The chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Swati Maliwal, met the children admitted in the Batra hospital and demanded shifting of the container depot.

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Following the gas leak, the school has been evacuated. According to the Delhi Fire Service, the leak emanated from drums inside a truck parked in the depot.

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The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident. Police have registered an FIR in the matter under various sections of IPC and the Environment (Protection) Act.

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said he has ordered the area district magistrate and SDM to launch a probe into the incident.

"There was an exam in the school which we have cancelled following the incident," he said.

Sisodia, who also holds education portfolio, said that he spoke to doctors who told him that all the students were doing fine and were under observation.