Swollen Yamuna: OC shuts gas pipeline after damage from swollen Yamuna | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Rising water level in Yamuna due to continued rains has hit IndianOil Corporation’s Dadri-Panipat gas pipeline, with leakage from a potentially damaged valve detected in the stretch of passing through the river at village Jagos in Baghpat of Uttar Pradesh.

A company statement said the pipeline was shut down and the pipeline section was isolated from both ends after the leakage was detected at 4.37 a.m. on Wednesday. Site assessment did not indicate any water, soil or air pollution, it said.
The exact cause of the suspected leakage can be ascertained only after water level recedes as incessant rain is preventing access to the damaged section for inspection. A team of company engineers headed by the regional head and local administration officials are present near the site.

IndianOil is working on supply gas through alternative routes. The 132-km pipeline was commissioned in 2010 to supply gas from Dadri in UP to the company’s refinery at Panipat in Haryana. It also caters to nine other consumer industries located along its.