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Chala LPG Tanker Disaster
The Chala LPG tanker disaster was a road transport accident that occurred on August 27, 2012, on National highways of India, Indian National Highway 17 (now National Highway 66 (India), NH 66) at Chala, Kannur, Chala in the Kannur district, Kannur District of India's Kerala State. The accident occurred when an Indian Oil Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Liquefied petroleum gas, LPG Tank truck, road tanker hit a road lane divider, overturned and exploded, starting several building fires between 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. The accident killed 20 people. Background Government-owned Indian Oil Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is an integrated energy major with presence in all the streams of oil, gas and petrochemicals. Among its activities, IOCL transports liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) produced in its refineries to Gas cylinder, cylinder filling facilities through terrestrial Pipeline, pipelines, railway Tank car, tank trains and Tank truc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Kingdom of Cochin, Cochin, Malabar District, Malabar, South Canara, and Travancore. Spread over , Kerala is the 14th List of states and union territories of India by area, smallest Indian state by area. It is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Laccadive Sea, Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33 million inhabitants as per the 2011 Census of India, 2011 census, Kerala is the List of states of India by population, 13th-largest Indian state by population. It is divided into 14 List of districts of Kerala, districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state. The Chera dynasty was the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
