Manipur sets up panel to inquire into fuel leak from power plant

Imphal: A day after heavy fuel leaked from Leimakhong power station in Kangpokpi district and spilled into streams passing through Kanto Sabal and Sekmai, the Manipur government constituted a three-member committee to inquire into the incident, an official notification said.
The committee to be headed by additional DGP (intelligence) Ashutosh Kumar Sinha will have power secretary Shailesh Kumar Chaurasia and additional home secretary M Pradip Singh as members, the notification issued on Thursday said.
“The committee will inquire into the cause of the incident of leakage including circumstances leading to it,” it said. It will also inquire into the contributing factors that led to such an incident, suggest immediate and long-term measures for the safety and security of the plant, the notification said, adding that the committee shall submit its report to the state government within 15 days.