News Release Details
New Delhi 28-Jun-2007
Mr. A. M. Uplenchwar, Director (Pipelines), visited Barauni Refinery on June 26, 2007 where he was welcomed by Mr. A. K. Malhotra, ED (Barauni Refinery), and senior IOCians from Pipelines and Marketing Divisions. He reviewed the performance of Barauni Refinery and Pipelines units and appreciated the efforts of the IndianOilPeople. Mr. Uplenchwar also visited the Barauni Refinery Expansion Project control room and Haldia-Barauni Crude Pipeline unit. At Barauni-Kanpur Pipeline unit, he observed the working of the BKPL pumping station and addressed the IndianOilPeople. He planted a sapling in the Ecological Park in the evening. Later, Barauni Refinery Ladies Club and the Officers' Club presented a cultural programme which was much appreciated by Mr. Uplenchwar. The next day, Mr. Uplenchwar visited the Eastern Region Pipelines office (ERPL) in Kolkata. Mr. G.P.Singh, GM (I/C), ERPL, Mr. P.K.Bag, DGM (O), Mr. D.P.Mondal DGM, (HMRB), Mr. S.Mukherjee, DGM (HR), Mr. S.Sen, SM (T&D) and other senior officials received him. He confided to the gathering that ERPL always holds a special place in his heart since it was from this office only that he started officiating as the first DGM of Eastern Region. He stressed the importance of quick decision and advised the IOCians to leave impact wherever they work so that posterity may remember them. He cautioned that pipelines as a separate division not only entails greater freedom and authority but also brings more responsibility in its trail. He extolled the cohesion among the employees in the Pipeline units spread all over India and implored all to maintain this spirit of familial bondage. He also made special reference of the unique capability of the pipeline project group to handle independently all phases of a project starting from conceptualisation to detail engineering down to material procurement and pipeline commissioning.
