Leak, caused by rupture in underwater pipeline, was detected Tuesday. Several residents demand free medical camp & legal action in case of irregularity in facility's functioning.
Reason behind the leak is yet to ascertained. NDRF teams have rushed to the factory as well as a team of doctors and a fire brigade have also reached the spot.
Unexplained leaks in 2 Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, conservative estimate suggests the leaks together, were more than 500 metric tons of methane per hour when first breached.
A chemical reaction due to the overheating of sulfuric acid and benzyl acid led to the incident at the factory in Shirgaon MIDC of Badlapur (East), said Thane municipal corporation.
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reached Assam Saturday to review the situation caused by a blowout and successive inferno that killed two people.
The oil leak has not resulted in even a fraction of the outrage or news coverage that the killing of the pregnant elephant in Kerala, or Vizag gas leak received.
Para-tertiary butyl catechol is currently being used in Visakhapatnam to neutralise the effect of the gas leak which killed 8 people and scores of citizens with respiratory problems.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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