Fire at Jaipur Oil Depo
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The Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Jitin Prasada informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that since both the operators at Jaipur Oil Depot of IOC have perished in the fire accident , his Ministry has directed IOC to examine the inquiry committee report and fix the responsibility for the lapses committed by officials at various levels and take action against erring officials for this tragic accident. The Minister also informed that the Committee in its report has analyzed in detail the factors responsible for the accident along with root causes and failure of safety policy. The Committee has pointed out the lapses at operator, supervisory and management level.
The inquiry committee set up by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas under the chairmanship of Shri M.B. Lal, Technical Member (Petroleum & Natural Gas), Appellate Tribunal for Electricity and Ex-Chairman & Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to probe the incident of fire at IOC oil depot in Jaipur, has submitted its report on 29.1.2010. The report has been put in the public domain and is available on the website of Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) http://oisd.nic.in. The Committee, in its report, besides determining the causes and critical factors responsible for this incident, has recommended short term as well as long term measures for preventing such incidents.
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