The state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has rerouted its critical 252 km-long oil pipeline connecting Mumbai and Nashik ie the Mumbai-Manmad pipeline in Maharashtra.
The 18-inch diameter pipeline has been rerouted considering infrastructural developments, residential and other buildings having sprung up around its route over the last 20 years, making it inaccessible for repairs or maintenance and posing risks to people in the vicinity.
The rerouted section running 48 km was constructed at a cost of Rs 450 crore and inaugurated by BPCL Director, Marketing and Refineries, Arun Kumar Singh in April last week.
This pipeline has been a lifeline for BPCL Mumbai Refinery as it evacuates more than 80 percent of diesel and petrol produced by the refinery.
Mumbai-Manmad Pipeline, over the years, has been extended up to Delhi, passing through Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, and supplies petrol, diesel, kerosene, etc to the interior of the country.
