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Gas, sand come out through tube well


Bangladeshpost
Published : 06 Feb 2020 07:53 PM | Updated : 03 Sep 2020 09:14 PM

Brahmanbaria Correspondent

Gas, sand and water are coming out from a new tube well pipe Sher-e-Bangla High School at Bayek union under Kasba Upazila in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday noon. 

In such a situation, the school has been temporarily closed. People in the neighborhood have been told to be careful.  Hearing the news, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Jahangir Hossain, Md Lokman Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Kasba Police Station, visited the spot. Police have been deployed due to the large number of people there. As a precaution, red flags have been drawn around the school. 

Meanwhile, the entire school field was filled with sand and water that came out of the pipe with rapid speed.

A family near the tube well has also been evacuated. People in the neighborhood have been told not to cook. Besides, they are being asked not to use fire or smoke for any other reason. 

Headmaster and Chairman of Bayek Union Parishad Al-Mamun Bhuiyan said deep tube well installation work by government is going on. After installing 540 feet pipe gas, sand and water was coming out through this pipe. 

Abdullah Khalid, Officer of Kasba Fire Service Station said the installation work of tube-well has been going on from Wednesday. After, deepening the pipeline gas was came out forcibly. I've already visited the place. Fire fighters are very much active to solve this problem.  Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Jahangir Hossain said people of Salda Gas Field visited the spot.