{"id":42000,"date":"2015-03-04T13:34:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T20:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=42000"},"modified":"2015-03-04T13:34:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T20:34:31","slug":"pa-cha-ranawake-constructs-highly-inflammable-and-toxic-petroleum-product-lines-through-living-rooms-of-shanty-town-dwellers-%e0%b6%b4-%e0%b6%a0-%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%ab%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%9c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/03\/04\/pa-cha-ranawake-constructs-highly-inflammable-and-toxic-petroleum-product-lines-through-living-rooms-of-shanty-town-dwellers-%e0%b6%b4-%e0%b6%a0-%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%ab%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%9c\/","title":{"rendered":"Pa. Cha. Ranawake constructs highly inflammable and toxic petroleum product lines through living rooms of shanty town dwellers. \u0db4. \u0da0. \u0dbb\u0dab\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0d9c\u0dda \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dc5\u0db9 \u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0dba\u0dda \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dc5\u0ddc\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0d89\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0db1 \u0db4\u0dca\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dd4 \u0dbd\u0db6\u0db1 \u0db7\u0dba\u0dcf\u0db1\u0d9a \u0db7\u0dd6\u0d9c\u0dad \u0db1\u0dbd \u0db4\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yak(h)<\/span>apalanaya news<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Surprisingly, the country which is about to cancel a 1.5billion dollar artificial island mega project on the basis of marine environmental concerns, \u00a0is\u00a0now in the process of constructing \u00a0petroleum product pipelines piercing through the heart of heavily populated suburban dwellers settlement according to the news released by the responsible \u00a0Ministry of Power and Energy in Sri Lanka. (News Report is attached below)<\/p>\n

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These photographs attached to the press report show that some of these pipe lines pass through the narrow front gardens and even through inhabitant\u2019s living rooms. The minister Pa. Cha. Ranawake who is in charge of Ministry of Power and Energy is proclaimed to be an electrical engineer and one wonders whether his paper qualification even worth the paper it’s printed on, if he can blatantly and unashamedly ignore the risk associated with the highly inflammable and toxic petroleum product lines constructed through living rooms of inhabitants as shown in the ministry\u2019s press release.<\/p>\n

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According to the well-established international standards, the primary objectives of pipeline-related land use measures are to reduce the risk of damaging the pipelines by keeping human activity away from their immediate vicinity and to minimize the exposure of those living and working near a transmission pipeline in the event of an accident. Jurisdiction over land use matters traditionally rests with local governments, which results in wide variations in practices. However, most local governments do not address pipeline issues; when they do, they have few or no data on which to base land use regulations.However, It is up to the operator and the Ministry to provide necessary protection minimizing or mitigating hazards and risks to the public, pipeline workers, and the environment.<\/p>\n

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Pipeline failures can occur for a variety of reasons, including corrosion, environmentally-assisted cracking, equipment failure, material defects, environmental incidents (such as landslides and washouts) and human interference (such as being hit by heavy machinery).<\/p>\n

Nigeria is one of the few countries that hasn\u2019t got sufficient safety standards in place like in Sri Lanka. The following fatal accidents were reported in Nigeria within the last 20 years<\/p>\n