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Goa govt tell IOC to change pipeline SANJAY BANERJEE TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2004 06:39:58 PM ] PANAJI: Goa government has categorically directed the Indian oil corporation (IOC) to immediately replace the pipeline that caused leakage of kerosene into the Arabian Sea on Friday evening. The fuel was being discharged from a vessel berthed at Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) to the tanks in the adjoining oil terminal in the port town of Vasco. While it took marathon effort till the early hours of Saturday morning to neutralise the oil leak, the pipeline has caused havoc among fishermen and the local people even earlier. Goa DGP, Amod Kanth said there was an incident of fire some two years ago and another leakage was reported sometime ago. The Friday incident was yet another one in the series and cases have been registered against several IOC officers. "The oil company was tardy in detecting the leak as four to five hours had elapsed. Besides, the pipeline had been checked recently but a particular segment that was not in good condition had not been attended to," Mr Kanth observed. Senior IOC officials led by the general manger in charge of Maharashtra and Goa met the chief secretary, D S Negi and the DGP. "The pipeline first needs to be changed first. This is a dedicated line of the IOC. Besides, there ought to be some computer check for any such leakage. Police investigation is on and till such time the pipeline is not replaced, all discharge operations have to be stopped," Mr Negi said.
