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Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:22 PM

Published 11/02/2009 by India Today


Delhi risks oil depot inferno

Delhi faces the prospect of a devastating and explosive oil depot fire, like the one that is raging in Jaipur.

Three oil depots and two LPG bottling plants are located in thickly populated areas.

Oil depots are located near Punjabi Bagh, Bijwasan and near the...

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Jaipur effect: A review of oil depots near cities
NEW DELHI: The fire at IndianOil’s fuel storage facility at Jaipur has triggered alarm in the government over location of such oil marketing infrastructure in populated ... - [11/02/2009 - Times of India]

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"It is a tragedy waiting to happen. Our colony is just metres away from the depot. After seeing what has happened in Jaipur, my family is in great fear" said Anil Tyagi, a...
Delhi risks oil depot inferno [India Today - 11/02/2009]
...identified, said, "The standards set out by the OISD are based on international benchmarks that public sector oil companies want to maintain but cannot. More and more buildings come up every year around our storage facilities." He cited the instance...
Delhi risks oil depot inferno [India Today - 11/02/2009]
...LPG facility. "It took us more than 10 hours to douse the flames as there were thousands of drums filled with oil and lubricants at the godown. It is a densely populated area and fortunately there were no casualties" said Delhi fire chief...
Delhi risks oil depot inferno [India Today - 11/02/2009]

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