Press Trust of India
Berhampur, Jan 18: A team of personnel of Hindustan Petroleum (HP) Monday completed the transfer of the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the ill-fated tanker that overturned killing two people Saturday night at Chhatrapur in Ganjam district.
The 10-member team of the oil company from Vishakhapatnam and Jatnai took around 19 hours to transfer around 18 tonne of LPG to other containers.
“As soon as the process was completed, we opened the National Highway-16 and asked the Southco to restore power supply. Now there is no danger,” said SP (Ganjam) Narsingh Bhol.
The LPG of the tanker was shifted to three other containers through pipes and the process was completed carefully without any leakage, said a member of the technical team. The LPG laden containers had already left the place, he said.
NH-6 was blocked in the area, while power supply stopped to the town from Sunday noon, when the LPG-laden tanker overturned at Chhatrapur, about 30 km from here. Two persons, including a girl, were killed in the mishap.
“Initially, we assumed that three persons had died under the tanker. But we only recovered two bodies, including that of a 21-year-old girl, after the tanker was shifted from the mishap site through a crane,” said a senior police officer.
The deceased were identified as Kiranabala Sahu (21) of Langaleswara and R Ch Sahu (47) of Kanchuru, he said.
The district administration had closed all schools and colleges in nearby areas and warned the people not to use fire as a precautionary measure. Fire brigade personnel were sprinkling water for about 24 hours at the accident site to control possible gas leak. PTI