Mangalore: The airspace over Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (MRPL) in Kuthethoor is yet to be declared as a no-fly zone.
The Thumbe water pumping station, which stocks a good amount of chlorine, does not have a standard emergency management plan.
These two issues figured in the meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority meeting chaired by the Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim here on Wednesday. Deputy Director of Factories and Boilers K.G. Nanjappa expressed the need to declare the air space over the MRPL unit as a no-fly zone to prevent any disaster in the MPRL plant in case of flight accident. To this, a representative from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) at Mangalore International Airport said though no aircraft fly over the MRPL establishment it was yet not declared as the no-fly zone. Some helicopters fly over the MRPL establishment, he said. Officials from the MRPL and the AAI said they had requested the Union government to declare the air space as no-fly zone.
30/01/14 The Hindu
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The Thumbe water pumping station, which stocks a good amount of chlorine, does not have a standard emergency management plan.
These two issues figured in the meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority meeting chaired by the Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim here on Wednesday. Deputy Director of Factories and Boilers K.G. Nanjappa expressed the need to declare the air space over the MRPL unit as a no-fly zone to prevent any disaster in the MPRL plant in case of flight accident. To this, a representative from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) at Mangalore International Airport said though no aircraft fly over the MRPL establishment it was yet not declared as the no-fly zone. Some helicopters fly over the MRPL establishment, he said. Officials from the MRPL and the AAI said they had requested the Union government to declare the air space as no-fly zone.
30/01/14 The Hindu
