Ranchi5 hours ago
Flames started rising during deep boring in Ramgarh, Jharkhand. People were surprised to see this. At the same time, birds are also dying in the area. Behind all this is the leakage of methane gas. There is panic among people about the gas leak and death of birds.
The gas leak occurred near Kothitand and K Laio Karmali Tola of Mandu block of the district. In fact, the methane gas emanating from the ground caught fire due to the incessant rain on Saturday and the subsequent thunderstorm. The incident caused panic in the entire village. The villagers informed about this to the officials associated with the Jharkhand excavation project of the local CCL.
Flames rising with water due to methane gas leak.
Methane gas leak happened several times
PO BK Sahu, Project Officer of CCL Management, visited the spot and inspected. In this regard, Suresh Mahto alias Madan, head of Laio North Panchayat said that there is frequent leakage of methane gas from bore-holes at dozens of places around Laio. Because of this there is always a fear of fire. The information of which is up to CCL Headquarters.
Local people angry with CCL
The same thing happened on Saturday. The methane gas emanating from a borehole near Karmali Tola caught fire due to the thunderstorm during the rains. Because of this, the flames started coming out along with the water. The CCL management bypasses its responsibility every time by extinguishing the fire. The same thing happened this time too. After some effort, the fire coming out of the ground was extinguished.
10 thousand population affected
A population of more than ten thousand is being affected due to the gas leak. He told that on one hand the common people are worried about this, while on the other hand people are hesitant to go to the fields. Let us tell that in Dhanbad, Ramgarh and Bokaro of Jharkhand, deposits of about 16 lakh cubic meters of methane gas have been found.