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The Centre will step up vigil against pilferage of crude oil under a joint mechanism with States and oil marketing companies, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.
He told the House that 57 cases of pilferage of crude oil during transportation had been reported so far this financial year, up from 47 cases last year.
Raising supplementaries during Question Hour, members cutting across party lines drew the government’s attention to rising pilferage.
Sona Ram, BJP, from Barmer in Rajasthan, lamented that he had drawn the attention of the local authorities, but his complaints had not been taken seriously. “These matters should not be left to the States and oil companies,” he appealed.
Pradhan said: “World’s best practices are being implemented for the safety of crude pipelines. We, in coordination with the state governments, will take the matter to its logical conclusion,” he said, adding that digital technology will be deployed to monitor theft.
He said public sector oil firms are doing round-the-clock monitoring of pipeline flow and pressure through supervisory control and data acquisition system for pipelines, daily foot patrolling, electronic surveillance as well as patrolling by local police.
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