I'm a lay man. I don't have knowledge of big issues. But if some one asks me to award the most creative Indian brain of the century I'd award the brain which proposed a gas pipe line between India and Iran via Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Even with in India the highest paid public sector undertaking ONGC is unable to maintain or safeguard its pipelines and the lives along them. But are we in a position to bring gas via the ever burning Pak and Af-gun nations? How much money was spent on this pipeline project? Even today hundreds of kilometres of pipe lines are laid. Good. They are crude pipe-line bombs if left unattended or poorly maintained. Hope the OIL authorities would learn some from these repeated accidents occurring all over the world.
14 killed, 15 injured in gas pipeline blast in Andhra Pradesh
KAKINADA: In a major blast in a gas pipeline 14 people were burned alive and 15 others received severe burns at Nagaram village of Mamidikuduru mandal of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh on Friday morning.
Villagers woke up to deafening noise and huge flames after the pipeline belonging to Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) suddenly caught fire near an ONGC connecting station. Villagers allege negligence on the part of officials as the pipeline developed rust and authorities failed to replace it.
A pall of gloom descended on Mamidikuduru mandal with people running in panic and wailing for help as huge flames engulfed an entire village trapping about 30 people, and burning hundreds of tall coconut trees and reducing about 50 houses and shops to ashes. Many birds and domestic animals were feared burnt in the mishap as flames rose to as high as 250 metres, villagers told media.
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