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Vadodara: The piped natural gas (PNG) supply line of Vadodara Gas Ltd (VGL) was damaged and a fire broke out on the Gotri-Sevasi Road on Friday evening. Gas supply was affected in the area due to the incident.
According to a senior VGL official, the pipeline was damaged due to work on a water supply pipeline in the area. Gas started leaking in a large quantity from the pipeline and caught fire. The incident was reported to the fire brigade that rushed to the spot in an attempt to control the fire.
The official added that the gas supply to in the section where the fire had taken place was stopped and the damaged pipeline was repaired. The process took a couple of hours.
Vadodara: Eight Barodians have dragged four realtors of a luxurious bungalow scheme that has come up on Gotri-Sevasi Road to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission demanding payment of more than Rs 40 crore over gross violation and negligence.
The complainants who are residents of the bungalow scheme Earth Somnath Society decided to take legal recourse against the developers – Parakramsinh Jadeja, Ashok Tanna, Viral Sheth and Pritesh Shah – after learning that the housing scheme has come up on a high-pressure gas pipeline of Gail (India) Ltd.
It is alleged that the developers did not keep in mind the guidelines of Gail (India) Ltd while constructing the bungalows.