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GUWAHATI: Surmounting all challenges, the Indian Army completed the construction of a composite bridge at the blowout site of Well Number 5 in Baghjan Oil Field on Monday. Oil India Limited on June 14 through the Civil Administration had requisitioned assistance of Indian Army for construction of the bridge at the incident site. The construction of this bridge was extremely critical for the task of controlling the fire, as it provides the only access to the experts to approach the well. The experts now plan to lay a heavy duty pipeline over the bridge and create a water umbrella for dousing the fire.
The execution of this engineering feat was a challenging task that involved mobilisation of 233 metric tons of bridging stores over 400 kilometres. 150 specially trained troops of Army undertook the task for construction under extremely risky and hazardous conditions in the vicinity of the raging fire with working temperatures exceeding 75 degrees celsius. Undaunted by the multitude of the engineering challenges the Army constructed the bridge in a short time of 24 hours under heavy rainfall and extreme temperatures. The bridge has provided much needed impetus to the ongoing disaster relief efforts, stated a press release.
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