Madurai installation of Chennai-Trichy-Madurai Pipeline (CTMPl) bagged the Director (Pipelines)’s Rolling Trophy for the year 2012-13 under Best Station Contest of Pipelines Division.
The station was also recognised as group champion in delivery and terminal stations category. Barauni-Kanpur Pipeline (BKPl), Patna became the group champion in pump stations category while Western Region Pipelines (WRPl), Chaksu was the group champion in tank farm stations category. The certificates of appreciation for participation in Best Station contest were presented to WRPl, Mundra and Paradip-Haldia-Barauni Pipeline (PHBPl), Haldia in tank farm stations category, WRPl, Sanganer, Northern Region Pipelines (NRPl), Panipat and Chennai-Bangalore Pipeline (CBPl), Chittoor in pump stations category and NRPl, Bhatinda, BKPl, Kanpur and WRPl, Salawas in delivery and terminal stations category. VS Okhde, director (pipelines), presented the Best Station Awards at a glittering function organized in Pipelines Division Head Office, Noida on June 12. Congratulating the winners Okhde said that all have to work in their best abilities to provide the best of services. “We need to contribute beyond achieving targets and receiving awards”, he said. “There should not be any compromise on performance, safety and availability of the pipeline system,” he added.
Anish Aggarwal, executive director (operations) said that though a lot of improvement is evident in the stations, however, a few incidents in the recent past indicate the need of shedding the complacent approach. He emphasized that complacency towards fire and safety is risky and each member must take necessary actions so that safety standards are followed religiously. PK Bansal, GM (HSE) who was the convener of the audit committee, shared his observations on the occasion. He said that the audit team has observed healthy condition of fire and safety systems in all stations. “Pipeline units also installed rainwater harvesting systems and installed solar lighting for energy conservation. Proper segregation of scrap material and its disposal as well as practicing of mock drills need to be incorporated in stations,” he said.
KR Manoharan, chief operations manager (CTMPl), Madurai who spoke on behalf of Director (Pipelines)’s Rolling Trophy winner station said, “The individual and team efforts have contributed to keep the pipelines installation in a better condition, which helped to bag Director (Pipelines) Trophy in Best Station contest.