Fire safety
The fire at the Biomax Fuels biodiesel unit saw 12 oil tanks burn down. It is unfortunate that the industries don’t appear to have learnt any lessons from the past and have placed all the oil tanks close by.
They could have located the tanks underground for better safety. The industries should have automatic fire extinguishers at the storage tanks.
A.V.L. Bhujanga Rao
Seethammadhara
Saplings sans guards
The administration is making great effort to plant saplings for revival of green cover in the city post Hudhud. Unfortunately, these saplings do not have tree guards and many have withered.
The administration has to ensure that steps are taken to nourish these plants.
A.V.R.K. Murty
Seetammadhara
Special Category Status
The Centre has not taken any steps to grant Special Category Status to the State despite it being promised by Prime Minister on the floor of Parliament before bifurcation and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu making repeated visits to the Centre on the issue. It appears that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is deliberately out to hurt N. Chandrababu Naidu politically and economically.
S. Ramachandra Rao
Shankarmatham
Insulator failures
With reference to the news report ‘Pollution main problem for power distribution’ in these columns on April 30, the Power Grid corporation should explore methods to prevent dust collecting on the insulators and take a quick decision in this regard to help prevent future power outages.
Ganti Mahapatruni
Rama Rao
Pithapuram Colony
