Lok Sabha Question No. 250 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: Accident in GAIL Gas Pipeline
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: RAVINDRA BABU  PANDULA

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 250 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.3.2017 ACCIDENT IN GAIL GAS PIPLEINE

## * 250.    DR. RAVINDRA BABU:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

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- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  provided  relief/compensation  to  the  injured/those  burnt  and deceased families in an explosion in a gas pipeline of Gas Authority of India Limited on 27 June, 2014 near Amalapuram;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the number of families compensated so far and the steps taken to provide compensation to all victims; and
- (c) the concrete steps taken/being taken by the Government to prevent such incidents in future?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज् य मंत्रर )िंत्र प्र्र ारव  स्( ( श्रर धमेन्द र प्रधान)

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (c):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.250  ASKED  BY  DR.  RAVINDRA  BABU,  MP  TO  BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 20, 2017

- (a) & (b): GAIL has provided relief/ compensation to the injured/ burnt and families of those persons who died in a gas pipeline explosion of GAIL (India) Limited on 27 June, 2014 near  Amalapuram. Total payments including compensation made to the injured/ burnt and families of the deceased are as under:
- (c): Amongst the existing mechanism to prevent such incidents, the following steps have been initiated by GAIL:
- i. Safety Audits are carried out by independent external agencies and internal multidisciplinary teams to find out gaps if any and the recommendations are complied with time bound manner.
- ii. Well-equipped Fire protection and Safety measures have been set up across all GAIL Sites.  Roles & Responsibilities assigned at various levels. F&S Department at site is headed by qualified and experienced Fire & Safety professionals / Specialist.  Safety performance of each installation is being reviewed by Office In-Charge of Installations. Well  qualified  Fire  &  Safety  personnel  deployed  round  the  clock  to  ensure  that  all safety preventive measures are taken and to control any emergency.
- iii. Daily foot patrolling in populated/ urban centers and monthly foot patrolling of Lines at other  locations  to  identify  encroachments  /  suspicious  activities,  if  any.  Also,  GPS based online tracking system for foot patrolling implemented.
- iv. Security  clearances  have  been  obtained  for  patrolling/monitoring  of  RoU/RoW  for operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for surveillance of Pipeline.
- v. A  Disaster  Management  Sub  Group  has  been  formed  at  Corporate  Office,  GAIL primarily to come together for mitigating the Crisis without any delay and taking all actions which are necessary arising out of the Crisis.
- vi. A Centralized  Integrity  Management  Group  (CIMG)  has  been  established  to  closely monitor  &  maintain  comprehensive  pipeline  database  and  coordinate  the  integrity management of pipelines across the Country.
- vii. Group SMS and voice telephony system have been implemented at all GAIL sites for faster communication during emergency.

| S No   | Description                                             | Payments made (INR)   |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1      | Ex-gratia payment to legal heirs of 22 deceased persons | 5,50,00,000.00        |
| 2      | Ex-gratia payment to 18 injured Persons                 | 99,00,000.00          |
| 3      | Medical Expenditure                                     | 97,67,452.00          |
| 4      | Compensation towards loss of Public/Private Properties  | 1,52,31,430.00        |
| 5      | Compensation towards loss of Crop/Yeild/Live Stock      | 98,30,332.00          |
| 6      | Other compensation                                      | 13,21,624.00          |
|        | GRAND TOTAL                                             | 10,10,50,838.00       |

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