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IIT K to develop Safety systems for puplines against Earthquake

THE INDIAN Institute of Technology (IIT-K) has been asked to develop a system to ensure safety of the oil and water pipelines during earthquake.

The project has been given to the civil engineering department of the institute.

According to a senior professor at the IIT-K civil engineering department Dr Sudhir K Jain, the scientists were in the process of developing a technique to protect the underground oil and gas pipelines from earthquake effects.He said the existing technology, for laying underground oil and gas pipelines, was obsolete and failed to withstand the intensity of the earthquakes that frequently hit several parts of the country.

More : hindustantimes.com

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