Anish Aggarwal, Director of Pipelines congratulated the employees of Barauni-Kanpur Pipeline (BKPl) on the occasion of its golden jubilee celebrations held at Barauni in Bihar on September 26, 2016. Aggrawal remembered the contribution of predecessors, who have contributed tremendously for the continuous operation of the pipeline for the last fifty years. He also addressed on the challenges faced in safety and security of pipelines. BKPl, which started operation on September 26, 1966 achieved many milestones and it became mainstay for evacuation of petroleum products from Barauni Refinery meeting the hydrocarbon requirement of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Pipelines Division has many projects on hand and on completion of these projects pipeline network of IndianOil will expand to 20,000 km, Aggrawal said.
S.K. Satija, Executive Director (ERPl), V.K. Shukla, Executive Director (Barauni Refinery), A.K. Tewari, ED(Operations), were among the senior officials present on the occasion. B.K. Chaudhary, DGM I/c (BKPl) welcomed the dignitaries, former Unit Heads and all participants. S.K. Palit, DGM (HR-ERPl) proposed the vote of thanks. Jaydeb Manna, Secretary, IOOA-ERPl), C.M. Singh, President, IOCPWU also addressed on the occasion.
Earlier Aggarwal and Satija felicitated former Unit Heads of BKPl including A.M. Uplenchwar, former Director (Pipelines), K.C. Kapoor, O. Gopalakrishna and S.K. Sinha. They also shared the experiences and anecdotes about BKPl on the occasion.