Indian Oil pipeline bursts, explosion rocks sleepy UP village by the Yamuna
No one was reported injured, even as residents of Jagos village, which lies by the river near the spot where the suspected pipeline burst took place around 4 am, said the noise was so loud that many felt vibration within their homes.
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IOC officials said the situation is under control and the pipeline is being repaired. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) An Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) pipeline running under the Yamuna burst near a village in Baghpat district of western Uttar Pradesh early Wednesday morning, triggering panic among local residents.
Videos of the incident that emerged online showed a spout of water shooting up nearly 25 feet into the air.
The IOC, which operates the Dadri-Panipat Natural Gas Pipeline (DPPL), shut supplies at both ends to stop the leakage. No one was reported injured, even as residents of Jagos village, which lies by the river near the spot where the suspected pipeline burst took place around 4 am, said the noise was so loud that many felt vibration within their homes.
IOC officials said the situation is under control and the pipeline is being repaired. The company’s pipelines division stated that the exact cause of leakage will be “ascertained after water in the Yamuna recedes, and on further investigation at the site”. It stated, “Immediate action has been taken to stop operations of the Dadri-Panipat pipeline, resulting in no further gas leakage.”
The company also stated, “There is no damage to the environment (water or soil), property or life. Officials are at the site along with the local administration. Supply of gas through an alternate source is underway and likely to be resumed shortly.”
Baghpat District Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh said the administration is providing all support to the company to fix the pipeline.
He said: “No one has been affected. District officials went to the spot and took stock of the situation. Company’s officials are still in the process of finding out the cause of the leak. The pipeline is around 15 or 16 feet deep below the riverbed. The situation is under control.”
Satveer Kashyap, 45, a resident of Jagos village, said, “It was a loud noise…sounded as if a helicopter had crashed into the river. I was sleeping and suddenly heard the sound of a blast. I rushed to the riverbank and saw huge bubbles of water rising up.”
The loud noise, he said, kept coming for several hours.
Another local resident, Luv Kush Sharma, husband of the village pradhan, said the sprouting water stopped after nearly four hours.
The IOC owns and operates the 132-km-long Dadri-Panipat Natural Gas Pipeline, which is connected with GAIL’s Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur Pipeline/Dahej-Vijaipur Pipeline (HVJPL/DVPL) network in Dadri.
It was commissioned in 2010 as a common carrier pipeline for transporting natural gas (R-LNG- Regasified liquefied natural gas) from HVJPL/DVPL network to IOCL’s Panipat Refinery and Panipat Naphtha Cracker Plant, and nine customers along the way in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
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