New Indian Express Edition Bangalore
30.4.2017 Page 3
Height 17.44cm Width 13.82 cm
LEAK SPARKS FIRE
IN GAl PIPEL E
Major accident averted as Bandepalya residents
inform officials; second incident in past 10 days
EX PRESS NEWS SERVICE
@eeng dluru
PEOPLE residing neal' the Shiva temple at Bandepalya near Electronic
City had a scare on Saturday afterlloon after a p ipeline laid by GAIL Gas
Ltd caught fire due to a leakage.
Minutes after be ing informed by
the local residents at 1.50pm, officials
from the Electronic City Fire Sel"Vice
Station rushed to the spot llear Garebhav i Palya s ignal and doused the
fire, averting a major accident. Authorities of Gas Authority of India
Ltd said the gas supply was immediately stopped in the line to bring the
fire under control.
A department official said that this
is the second such incident in the past
10 days in their limits. A similar incident took place at Mangammallapalya
a few days ago.
The officer sa id that GAILauthorit ies were cunelltly testing the gas
supply p ipelines to check for leakages. On Saturday too, they W€l-e testing
a pipel ine when a leak resulted in a
fire. A fire department official said
that the leakage in tile pipeline could
have been due to road works ill the
vicinity.
The officer said that thOUgll it is a
minor incident, they have warned the
GAIL authorities to prevent such accidents_"We will book a case if s imilar incidents occur in future, " the officersaid .
Gas supply not disrupted
A GAIL official told Express that the
'minor incident' has notdisrupted the
gas supply in tile city.
GAILGas Ltd supplies gas to households in areas including HS!R Layout,
Bellandur and Dollar 's Colony.
':All the procedures are be ing followed strictly. We have intensified patrolli.ng and are also pu tting up signages. We have also asked the
authorities taking up road digging
wOl-ks to bring it to our notice so that
we can guide them," the official said.
New Indian Express Edition Bangalore
30.4.2017 Page 13
Height 24.57cm Width 5.71 cm
INFRA BOOST
GAIL awards
contract to
lay 131-km
pipeline
ENS EC ONOM IC BUREA U
@KOOi
THE Gas Authority of India
has awarded work contracts
for another l3l-km stretch in
Kera la for the Koch i-koo ttanad-Mangal m'u natural gas
pipeline. With this, 75 per
cent of the pipeJi11e project is
now under construction.
"The work contracts from
Al'eacode (MaJappuram) to
Kunmlathoor (Kannur) at a
cost of ~()() crore WeI'e award,
ed. The balance lll-km
stretch in Malappuram, Kannur and Kasargod districts
will be awarded by July 2J(I17.
Construction works from
both the ends of the KoehiKoottanad-Mangaluru Pipeline, 9l-km Koehi- Koottanad
section as well as l05-km Perole (Kasargod)-Mangaluru
section are already in full
swing," GAIL said in a
statement.
The Kochi-Koottanad-Mangaluru pipeline is likely to
give a major economic boost
to Kerala by way of benign
industrial development
New Indian Express Edition Hyderabad
30.4.2017 Page 13
Height 24.51cm Width 5.97 cm
INFAABOOST
GAIL awards
contract to
lay 131-km
pipeline
E~S E(O~OMI(
BUREAU
@ Kodli
THE Gas Authority of India
has awarded wOl'k oontmcts
for another 131-km stretch in
Kerala for the Koch i-koottana d-Man galuru natural gas
p ipeline, With th is, '75 per
cent of the p ipeline project is
now wlder ,c onstruction.
"The wOlk contra{;\:s from
Area{;ode (Malappw-am) to
Kw-umathoor (Kannur) at a
cost of {200 crore were award,
e d _ The balance Ill- km
stretch in Malappuram, Rannul' and Kasargod d istricts
will be awarded by July 201'7.
Con structi on works from
both the ends of the Koeh iKoottanad-Mangaluru P ipeline, 9l-km Koch i- Koottanad
section as well as lOS-kill Perole (Kasargod)-Mangalu ru
section are already in full
swing," GAIL sa i d i n a
statement.
The Kochi-Koottanad-Mangalw-u pipeline is likely to
give a major economic boost
to Kerala by way of ben ign
industrial development.
New Indian Express Edition Kochi
30.4.2017 Page 13
Height 24.49cm Width 5.60 cm
INFRA BOOST
GAIL awards
contract to
lay 131-km
pipeline
E~S E(O~OMI(
BUREAU
@ Kodli
THE Gas Authority of India
has awarded wOl'k oontracts
for another 131-km stretch in
Kerala for the Kochi-koottanad-Mangaluru natural gas
pipeline. Wi th th is , 75 per
cent of the p ipeline projectis
now under construction,
"The wOli< contracts from
Areacode (Maiappuram) to
Kurumathoor (Kannur) at a
cost of {200 crore were awarded_ The balance Ill-kill
stretch in talappuram, Kannur and Kasargod districts
will be awarded by July 2017_
Construction works from
both the ends of the KoehiKoottanad-Mangaluru Pipeline, 9l-km Koeh i- Koottanad
section as well as 10S-km Pel'ole (Kasargod)-Mangaluru
section are already in full
swing," GAIL said in a
statement.
The Koehi -Koottanad-Man galuru pipeline is likely to
give a major economic boost
to Kerala by way of benign
industrial development.
Hindu Edition Bangalore
30.4.2017 Page 3
Height 6.07cm Width 21.80 cm
Fire breaks out on road following leak in GAIL gas pipeline
STAFr REPORTER
BENGAL.UR U
Th ere was panic and chaos
among
residen ts
as
th e
bylanes of th e congested
Ga rvebhavipalya nea r HSR
Layou t see mingly caugh t tire
on Saturday afternoon.
Around
1.45
p.m. ,
a
stretch of road between
Ga rvebhavipa lya
a nd
Bandepalya. ofT National
Highway 44, eru pted in
fl ames. The area, where Gas
Authority of India Limited
(GA IL) has la id its pipelines,
was al so seei ng th e laying of
a sani tary line by th e Bangalo re Wate r Sup ply and
Sewerage Board (BWSSB).
A ti re tender and a vehicle
from GAlL were deputed at
the spo t, and the tire was put
out in a half hour. No injuries
we re reported.
According to
a
GAIL
spokes person , BWSSB wo rk -
ers damaged the pipe which
saw a leakage of gas thal ignited.
"The fire was mino r and
there was no danger o f it escalating. Gas su pply was also
not affected. BWSSB workers
had dug close to the pipes
des pite the markers we have
put an d desp ite wa rn ing
boa rds," said th e spokespe rson.
With this be ing th e first
such incide nt since GAIL
started supplying piped gas
to househo lds early in 201 6,
officials said th ey were tak ing no cha nces and w ill cir·
culate details of the pipelines
and the ir location s to all civic
agencies to prevent any
mo re accidents.
Over the next five years,
GAIL will lay over 2,OOO-km
of
underground
pipes
throughout th e ci ty. BWSSB
officials said thei r sa nita ry
lines was be ing laid all along
the gas pipeli ne as there was
"no space" for works. "Work·
e rs were providing a crossconnection to a n apartment
nearby when th e GAIL
pipeline mus t have bee n
ni cked . It was o ur con trac to rs who immedi ately called
up GA IL," said an exec utive
e ngineer.
Times of India Edition Bangalore
30.4.2017 Page 1
Height 15.45cm Width 15.17 cm
Fire breaks out
in gas pipeline
fire broke out in a pipe
A
that is part of GAlL's
piped natura l gas network
at Garebhavipalya near
HSR Layout on Satw·day.
GAl L officials confirmed
t hat t he the pip line had been
damaged as a r esu It of some
work being und er taken by
the BWSSB. GAlL said 1I1ai
a probe had been ordered in to the incident. PageS
Panic as BWSSB's
digging damages gas
pipeline; fire doused
T IMES N EWS N ETWORK
Bengaluru: A fire broke out from a
Piped Natural Gas (P G) under·
gro und p ipel ine la id by the GA IL (In di a) Limited on Sa turd ay a t Garvebhavipa lya n earH S R Layout, tri gger in gpani camon g r es id en ts. Offici als
co nfirm ed the medium densit y polythene pipel in e was damaged while
diggi ng by the BWSSB.
A video grab of the fire which broke out at
'-BWSSB officials were found workingaround th e same area and they may
Garvebhavipalya on Saturday
have accidentally damaged our pipeline. They informed us and engineers
fromollrernergencycentre in HSR Layout doused the frre. Local residents
helped us by usin g fire extingu ishers,"
GAIL officials said. One fire ten der was
rushed to the sJX)t. F'ire personnel said
th ey received a call around 1.45pm
about thick, black smo ke near the area
where gas pipelines are bein glaid.
"On e fire tender from Whitefield
station was despatched and it reached
th e spot before 2pm. The fire was
brought under conb'ol in the first 10
minutes and completely doused within
20 minutes. As a precautionary measure, our vehicle wa ited there tilJ 4pm
before return in g," fire department officials said. GAIL officia.ls said they ordered a probe into the incident. "The
GA [L pipel tne network around the city
has warn in g sign ages all over the place
and it is unlikely th at another civic
agency would not have noticed it. We
have to find out whether BWSSB had
taken prior permission or coorcUnated
with us before undertaking the work,"
an offici al said.
However, there was no confrrmation from BWSSB officials about the accident. GAlL has laid 60kms of steel
pipelines and 440km of pipeline covered in medi um dens ity polythene material. The mega project for supplying
Piped Natura l Gas fPNG) from Dabhol
to Benga]uru is nearing completion
and aims at giving 1.32 lakh domestic
connections over fi ve years. It has already started supplying PNG to 170
households in HSR Layout