A team of experts who visited the Kenduadih area of Jharkhand's Dhanbad district, which reported a toxic gas leak incident on Wednesday, has recorded carbon monoxide (CO) levels in the air as "dangerously high," at up to 1,500 parts per million (PPM).

At least two women were killed while over 20 others complained of vomiting and headache, allegedly due to leakage of toxic carbon monoxide gas in the Putki Balihari Colliery Area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Dhanbad's Kenduadih.

Officials are yet to confirm the cause of the women's death.

According to the experts, the CO levels in the area is around 30 times higher than the permissible limit, as the dangerous level of carbon monoxide concentration starts with 50 PPM.

A joint experts' team of Dhanbad IIT-ISM and Directorate Gene

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