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40-foot illegal pipeline found linked to IOCL crude oil line in Rajasthan: Police

40-foot illegal pipeline found linked to IOCL crude oil line in Rajasthan: Police

Published by Parlour News

Police have started investigating after unknown people allegedly attempted to siphon crude oil by illegally tapping into an Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) pipeline in Rajasthan’s Tonk district, police said on Friday after the company detected an abnormal pressure drop and uncovered a 40-foot underground pipeline connected to its crude oil network. A 40-foot-long illegal pipeline was found laid underground through agricultural land and connected to the IOCL pipeline to allegedly siphon off crude oil. Engineers from IOCL went to inspect Ladi village in Malpura subdivision on Thursday after detecting an abnormal pressure drop in the crude oil pipeline. During the inspection, they discovered an illegal pipeline connected to the main IOCL pipeline. According to officials, the company first noticed low pressure in the pipeline on June 1, following which a team of experts began inspecting the entire stretch of the crude oil pipeline to locate the source of the problem. A 40-foot-long illegal pipeline was found laid underground through agricultural land and connected to the IOCL pipeline to allegedly siphon off crude oil. After …

Delhi Man Trapped In 40-Foot Borewell, Excavator Called In

Published by Webster

Four engines of the Delhi Fire Services are at the spot. Efforts are on to rescue a man who has fallen into a 40-foot-deep borewell at a Delhi Jal Board treatment plant in Keshopur Mandi area late last night. Four engines of the Delhi Fire Services are at the spot while the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) leads the rescue operation. Delhi Water Minister Atishi has also reached the treatment plant to oversee the rescue efforts. NDRF has failed to get any breakthrough using torches, lights, and cameras, and is now digging another borewell parallel to the one in which the child has fallen. The authorities have brought in an excavator for this purpose. Authorities were alerted at 1 am that a child had fallen into the borewell in Keshopur, but it later emerged that it is a man trapped inside. His identity is yet to be ascertained. Kamaljit Sehrawat, BJP candidate from West Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, has accused the Delhi Jal Board of negligence. “If there was barricading, the child …