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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (Kakinada offshore asset) Executive Director Prabhal Sen Gupta sought the enactment of the section communities successful Kakinada territory (Andhra Pradesh) and Yanam successful Puducherry Union Territory for the repair of the state pipeline damaged successful a large occurrence incidental that took spot connected August 22, 2025.
In the aboriginal hours of August 22, 2025, a major occurrence broke retired aft earthy state leaked from an ONGC pipeline portion it was being supplied done the 23-km pipeline from an offshore rig successful the Bay of Bengal to the onshore works connected Dariyala Tippa land successful Yanam.
In a high-level gathering attended by officials from Kakinada district, Yanam authorities and nationalist representatives connected Friday, Mr. Prabhal Sen Gupta said “We person already prepared the crushed to statesman the pipeline repair work,”while appealing for enactment from the section communities to implicit the task.
Compensation: Meanwhile, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) is studying the biology harm and interaction of the occurrence mishap connected the marine beingness successful Yanam and adjoining coastal belts including the Kakinada coast. On the interaction of the occurrence mishap connected the marine life, Kakinada City MLA Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao said that the marine resources, chiefly food species, were affected by the occurrence accident.
Responding to the queries by the nationalist representatives including Mummudivaram MLA Datla Subba Raju and erstwhile Yanam curate Malladi Krishna Rao, Kakinada District Collector S. Shan Mohan said that talks would beryllium held with ONGC-Kakinada representatives to compensate the fisherfolk who suffered losses owed to mediocre food drawback adjacent the Dariyala Tippa island. Yanam Regional Administrator Ankit Kumar and different officials were present.
