Oil spill in canal as tankers derail, skide of track in Ctg

Chattogram, Apr 29 – Oil spilled into a canal after a freight oil tanker train carrying furnace oil derailed and the tankers skidded off the track in Egaromile area of Hathazari upazila on Monday afternoon.
Md Ruhul Amin, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Hathazari, said three tanks of the furnace oil-laden train veered off the tracks around 3pm.
One of the tanks fell into a canal, he said, adding that the canal meets the Halda River.
He, however, said they erected an embankment along the canal instantly to prevent the spillage of oil into the Halda River, the largest fish spawning ground in the country.
Manager of Bangladesh Railway East Zone Borhan Uddin said there were around 75 tonnes of furnace oil in the three tanks.
The seven-tank freight train carrying furnace oil was going to Hathazari 100 MW Power Plant, he said, adding that work began to salvage the derailed tanks.