Kannur, Oct 9: The gas pipeline-laying works of the Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) in the Kannur district, which is part of the Kochi-Mangaluru pipeline laying project, are nearing completion.
The pipeline-laying activities of GAIL under its Kannur office cover 110 kilometres in two spreads from Neeleswaram in the Kasaragod district to Ayancheri in Kozhikode district.
Of this stretch, pipeline laying was completed in 83 km stretch in the district from Kadavathur in Thrippangottur village to Puthur in Peralam village, an official press release said.
Welding works were completed and pipeline was lowered into the trench for a total stretch of 70 km.
As part of the pipeline laying project, the survey works had already been completed. The Right of User (RoU) of 20 metre width of land for the stretch of 83 km was being acquired for the project under the Petroleum and Minerals Pipeline (P&MP) Act, 1962.
The release said that after the completion of the pipeline, the acquired width would be restricted to 10 metres and the remaining 10 metres would be handed over to the owners.
Compensation
The release said that total Rs. 45.44 crore had been disbursed under GAIL’s Kannur office as compensation of the crops in the land taken over under RoU in the first phase.
Of the total 5,042 people whose land was being taken possession under RoU, 4184 people were given compensation, it added.
It also informed that the disbursal of compensation for buildings in the acquired area had begun.
Also progressing was the work to pay compensation for the 10-metre wide plots being acquired for pipeline laying.
Of the five rivers in the district under which the pipeline passes, pipeline laying was completed under Perumba, Kuppam and Valapattanam rivers. Works to lay pipeline under Anjarakkandy and Eranholi rivers remained, it said.
The press release also said that construction of intermediate pigging station on the 1.5 acre land at Kurumathur was also completed. It also said that 80% of the works of constructing section valve stations for supplying gas for industrial and domestic requirements were also completed. The pipeline laying works in the district would be completed by January, it said.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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Politicians are not uinderstanding the risk. If anything happens then it affects entire mangalore and kerala. Because its pipe line gas project
highly risky project. For personal gain they are riskying innocent people
Compensation is tto less. its a life threat project
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