LPG gas pipeline leakage at Pratiksha Nagar causes panic among residents

Strong smell of LPG gas woke up the residents u00a0in a panic and they immediately informed the police control room about the incident.

u00a0

Hemant Suvarn, 36, a hotel owner in the vicinity said, “Early morning there was a stench of foul gas smell in the area. Alerted by it, the watchman of a building alerted the Secretary who then called up the police control room for help. Shortly thereafter, the fire brigade reached the spot and adopted preventive measures for the gas leakage.”u00a0

u00a0

An MGL official requesting anonymity said, “The BEST were carrying out repair work of their service lines when during digging they damaged the MGL gas line and as a result there was gas leakage.”u00a0

u00a0

Mahanagar Gas Limited in its official statement said, “MGL stopped supply in some areas of Pratiksha Nagar due to an incident with a utility cable. The gas supply has been rerouted and the work of restoring gas supply is going on and will be restored completely by 5 PM."

u00a0

However, the residents claimed that the gas supply was restored after 7 pm. u00a0

u00a0

BEST PRO N Walawalkar said, “Our men have not damaged any MGL lines.”u00a0

u00a0

However, no pipeline gas during the peak hours spelt severe discomfort for the residents. u00a0

u00a0

Anita Gholap, 35, housewife, said, “We had to face severe discomfort with no pipeline gas. We had to order food from outside.”u00a0

u00a0

Pramila Dhatre, housewife, said, “It was a very bad day. I could not give tiffin to my husband and children. We ended up buying food from outside.”u00a0

u00a0

Suryakant Amberkar, 59, retired said, “With the gas-line discontinued early morning, we could not even make early morning tea and had to order it from outside.”u00a0

u00a0

However, a few others were lucky enough. Mahadev Sarpole, 51, service, said, “Though we switched to pipeline connection, we had a spare cylinder. It turned out to be handy at this hour of crisis.”

"Exciting news! Mid-day is now on WhatsApp Channels Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!