The area has been completely blocked off, and troops from the NDRF in Bhatinda have been sent to conduct rescue efforts.  After a gas leak on Sunday that was originally discovered at 7:15am, eleven people, including two children, are presumed dead and many more are feared trapped inside a factory on Sua Road near Sherpur Chowk in Punjab's Ludhiana. Initial reports state that a medical clinic, a supermarket store and a cold drink shop were among the businesses on a block where the gas seeped.

Key Points

• The area has been completely blocked off, and troops from the NDRF in Bhatinda have been sent to conduct rescue efforts.

• Initial reports state that a medical clinic, a supermarket store and a cold drink shop were among the businesses on a block where the gas seeped.