Seems that the IOC (Indian Oil Corporation) authorities have not learnt a lesson even after the recent incident of gas tanker burst which claimed 19 lives in Kannur.
The IOC has not completed work on the LPG receiving and storage facility at Puthuvypu and a pipeline from there to its bottling plant at Udayamperoor.
Once completed, the company will able to put an end to the transportation of gas by roads not in Kochi alone but across the state as the plant at Udayamperoor is the largest of the three bottling plants operated by the company in Kerala.
For the project, the Cochin Port Trust allocated 37 acres of land in Puthuvype island on a long-term lease to the oil company. “We doubt the delay in the implementation of the project is due to the influence of bulk tanker lorry operators. The project was proposed three years ago, but it is yet to begin. According to the project, the Cochin Port Trust has been entrusted to construct the LPG receiving plant and IOC will lay pipes to the plant. Though the IOC authorities measured land through the Udayamperoor area to lay pipe line, it was dropped at the initial stage,” an IOC official said.
Sources said that as per the initial estimates the cost of the project stood at Rs 600 crore. But now, the cost may be become double and five more years will be needed to complete the project.
IOC general manager A Pandyan said there was no room for further controversies against IOC. “The project is under consideration and preliminary steps to launch the project will be taken soon,” he said.
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