A week after fire broke out in the IOC fuel depot near here, the blaze was still raging in one of the oil tanks even as North-West Railways resumed operations on the Jaipur-Kota section.
Flames were still billowing from one tank and was likely to die down by tomorrow morning, Chief Fire Officer Ishwarlal Jat said. Fire had broken out on Thursday last engulfing 11 fuel tanks.
North Western Railways, which had cancelled three local trains and diverted at least a dozen others during the past week, resumed operations after clearance from the Jaipur district administration, a railway spokesman said.
A trial train was operated on the Durgapura-Sanganer rail section passing through the area before dawn, the spokesman said, adding electronic signals damaged due to the inferno and blasts had been repaired.
As soon as the fire dies out in the remaining tank, buses would start plying, official sources said.
A road over-bridge connecting Sitapura and Chaksu via tourist resort Chokhi Dhani would also be opened by tomorrow, they said.
In another development, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was given a cheque of Rs. 50 crores by the Union Petroleum Ministry for relief work.
A death related FIR was being dealt under section 304 (A) of the IPC (causing death by negligence) and over 200 property damage complaints under section 336/427 (act endangering life or personal safety of others and mischief causing damage) of IPC which were filed by businessmen and college institutions of Sitapura, the IGP said.
Medical and health teams were still patrolling the Sitapura, Sanganer and Pratapnagar area to provide free treatment to patients with symptoms of eye burning, itching, skin and lung allergies, another official said.
Normalcy has returned in entire area barring the IOC campus that bore a deserted look.
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