PESO to change norms for LPG transport

In the wake of the tanker accident at Puthentheruvu, near Kollam, Kerala in India on December 31, 2009 that claimed 10 lives, India’s Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO) has decided to take necessary steps to ensure better safety for transporting LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). Sources in the PESO told The Hindu that there would be a revision of the stability rate of all LPG transporting trucks. The PESO is also considering replacing the excess flow valve in the liquid and vapor line of LPG tanker trucks with an internal excess flow valve. (January 14, 2010)