Education, greater vigilance needed to curb tanker disasters

Eng Mlote, who is the deputy secretary general of the East African Community (EAC), said loss of lives from road fuel tanker accidents was increasingly becoming a matter of concern. “Many people have lost their lives - and we are now grieving. What do we do with the fuel tankers? Should they be escorted - or what?” he querried. Generally, there are laws governing the public transportation of hazardous cargoes, including those which are highly inflammable like petroleum. However, Mr Mlote - a former executive secretary of the Engineers Registration Board (ERB) - challenged the government to formulate stricter laws that would curb deaths and serious injuries from road tanker accidents. “There are statutory requirements that road vehicles transporting dangerous loads are escorted. I am not sure if this is done”, he said when reached on the phone in Arusha. A road tanker transporting fuel overturned and exploded in Morogoro Region on Saturday morning, killing and injuring scores of people. Prof. Martin Shem, who resides in Morogoro, partly blamed the high death toll to ignorance of the public, compounded by laxity on the part of the police.

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