Five people were killed in two accidents in the Tonk district of Rajasthan. In the first incident, a car collided with a tanker. In another incident, a man fell from a train and died.
As many as labourers reportedly died due to suffocation while they were engaged in the removal of oil sludge in an edible oil tanker on Thursday in Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada district.
Gatik Ship Management is among the most active of the upstart companies that have snapped up aging oil tankers to replace Western-owned ships no longer dealing with Russia, the WSJ said. That parallel fleet is helping Moscow get crude to buyers in Asia, the Journal added.
Assam Police foiled a smuggling attempt and seized 2000 kg of Burmese Supari (betel nuts) concealed inside of the oil tanker in Cachar district, which was illegally transported from Mizoram.
The blast damaged the roof of the emergency department at the Tambo Memorial hospital and destroyed two houses and several cars, and injured bystanders.
The incident occurred when the oil tanker's tyre exploded and the container behind collided with it. Both the vehicles caught fire, creating a panic situation in the area,, police sources said.
Following the firing incident along the Assam-Meghalaya border, the Assam Petroleum Mazdoor Union on Friday said that it has stopped the transportation of fuel to Meghalaya. The Union sent letters to PSU oil marketing companies informing them of their decision to not load fuel in tankers.