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Hazira Ph1&PG Flood havoc contd.
Then HMD & S C Malhotra- as task force coordinators for society social welfare cautioned the team to hold on for couple of days to ensure the floating dead bodies are removed from the river and fresh water system restored.So virtually the restoration activity could start only by 27th afternoon. As in those days no established communication from PG to Bombay was available, we could rely only on Radio communication. Using that infrastructure we mobilised enough heaters, hi-watt bulbs, hair brushes. My royal assistant Keyur Vora took complete charge and stood by me. He ensured that each&every field device( especially transmitters) were dismantled. soaked in clean water bath in buckets, manually cleaned with soft brushes and then put in ultrasonic vibrators to ensure removing fine particles from printed ckt. board as well as diaphragm surface. Then ,every instrument was spread on a dry bed prepared with soft table cloth with thoran of high wattage bulbs on. That ensured to get rid of moisture and humidity. After that the team took the task of assembling each and every instrument and gone through calibration procedure Here it should be noted that in spite of 9 feet water immersion, except one power supply module, all the instruments came back to life and our efforts did not go waste. DGS personally concentrated his attention in PTA silos special pneumatic logic relays and achieved 100% functional logic. Here it is important to record that all vendors/ suppliers stood and supported as back-up to Reliance during this emergency situation as battle royal.
The task force functioned as a team with well oiled spirits and could get back the plant into operation by middle of August. The utilities system were commissioned by Aug.18th'89 and the last main process plant was commissioned by 24th August'89!! the management themselves could not believe their team's potential.
To honour that yeomen service during emergency, the management organised a thanksgiving lunch
at The Taj in Oct.'89. But I could not make my presence since I was attacked with pneumonia, knock-on effect of exposure to wet atmosphere and dust. So I asked my wife Bhuvana to go along with my colleague SK Mani and his wife. Surprisingly MDA noticed her presence without me and enquired-
What happened to Ramu? That shows how much the management is particular about the employees welfare.
I restored my project task in beginning of Nov.'89. By that time, various contractors were lined up for tank construction and spheres fabrication. For tanks, since the quantum was large, M/S VTV and Srinivasa Plates were engaged. For the spheres , it was awarded to Lloyd Steel, a SMPV approved agency; they in turn sub contracted to M/S BVG Enterprises. Mr Desai of BVG was an expert in sphere design and highly respected in industry. But typical of contract mentality he had tried to cut corners and he was caught during inspection by Mr P Ethiraj of inspection group. Though PE brought the issue to surface people like Palande and DM could not catch the issue and were supporting the contractor. Typical of PE, he escalated the matter to KKM and ensured corrective action taken by the party.
The involved issue is arriving at plate thickness adopting one design code, but when it comes to field inspection during fabrication, follow another favourable code! Normally all parties like to choose BS standards when it comes to plate thickness selection.But that code is very stringy and calls for full radiography of every weld joint. Whereas ASME calls for heavier thickness but very much relaxed during fabrication inspection. This was one learning for me. Contd.......
Key Aspects :- Accountable, Codes&Standards, Communication, Recognition, Technical issue,
Team building
Hazira Ph1&PG Flood havoc contd.
Then HMD & S C Malhotra- as task force coordinators for society social welfare cautioned the team to hold on for couple of days to ensure the floating dead bodies are removed from the river and fresh water system restored.So virtually the restoration activity could start only by 27th afternoon. As in those days no established communication from PG to Bombay was available, we could rely only on Radio communication. Using that infrastructure we mobilised enough heaters, hi-watt bulbs, hair brushes. My royal assistant Keyur Vora took complete charge and stood by me. He ensured that each&every field device( especially transmitters) were dismantled. soaked in clean water bath in buckets, manually cleaned with soft brushes and then put in ultrasonic vibrators to ensure removing fine particles from printed ckt. board as well as diaphragm surface. Then ,every instrument was spread on a dry bed prepared with soft table cloth with thoran of high wattage bulbs on. That ensured to get rid of moisture and humidity. After that the team took the task of assembling each and every instrument and gone through calibration procedure Here it should be noted that in spite of 9 feet water immersion, except one power supply module, all the instruments came back to life and our efforts did not go waste. DGS personally concentrated his attention in PTA silos special pneumatic logic relays and achieved 100% functional logic. Here it is important to record that all vendors/ suppliers stood and supported as back-up to Reliance during this emergency situation as battle royal.
The task force functioned as a team with well oiled spirits and could get back the plant into operation by middle of August. The utilities system were commissioned by Aug.18th'89 and the last main process plant was commissioned by 24th August'89!! the management themselves could not believe their team's potential.
To honour that yeomen service during emergency, the management organised a thanksgiving lunch
at The Taj in Oct.'89. But I could not make my presence since I was attacked with pneumonia, knock-on effect of exposure to wet atmosphere and dust. So I asked my wife Bhuvana to go along with my colleague SK Mani and his wife. Surprisingly MDA noticed her presence without me and enquired-
What happened to Ramu? That shows how much the management is particular about the employees welfare.
I restored my project task in beginning of Nov.'89. By that time, various contractors were lined up for tank construction and spheres fabrication. For tanks, since the quantum was large, M/S VTV and Srinivasa Plates were engaged. For the spheres , it was awarded to Lloyd Steel, a SMPV approved agency; they in turn sub contracted to M/S BVG Enterprises. Mr Desai of BVG was an expert in sphere design and highly respected in industry. But typical of contract mentality he had tried to cut corners and he was caught during inspection by Mr P Ethiraj of inspection group. Though PE brought the issue to surface people like Palande and DM could not catch the issue and were supporting the contractor. Typical of PE, he escalated the matter to KKM and ensured corrective action taken by the party.
The involved issue is arriving at plate thickness adopting one design code, but when it comes to field inspection during fabrication, follow another favourable code! Normally all parties like to choose BS standards when it comes to plate thickness selection.But that code is very stringy and calls for full radiography of every weld joint. Whereas ASME calls for heavier thickness but very much relaxed during fabrication inspection. This was one learning for me. Contd.......
Key Aspects :- Accountable, Codes&Standards, Communication, Recognition, Technical issue,
Team building
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