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Bengaluru | Gas leak in GAIL pipeline near IT hub sparks panic; traffic diverted

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October 29, 2018

Bengaluru, Oct 29: Panic gripped residents and commuters following a leakage in Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) pipeline near IT hub at Whitefield in the city on Monday.

According to Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Harishekaran, there was an accidental damage to GAIL pipeline during Metro work on ITPL main road in Whitefield. 

Immediately an experts’ team from GAIL and Karnataka Fire Safety rushed to the spot and plugged the leak to restore normal vehicular flow.

Road traffic was diverted via Devasandra main road and Outer Ring Road to proceed towards Marathalli to reach Whitefield.

BMTC, other bus traffic and vehicles bound for the International airport via the alternate route coming in this area was also diverted in the morning, he added.

Managing Director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Ajay Seth said: "In order to prevent any such reoccurrence, BMRCL is obtaining gas network alignment from GAIL in all metro reaches. We will superimpose them with metro alignment and ensure the removal of any potential conflict before taking up any construction," he said. 

This is the second such incident as a similar incident occurred in Mahadevapura on October 22 and a complaint was filed with the Mahadevapura police station.

Bengaluru Traffic Police has issued the following advisory for vehicles moving around Whitefield and towards the Kempegowda International Airport.

1. Traffic moving towards ITPL Main road to reach Whitefield are advised to use Devasandra main rd or use ORR to proceed towards Marathalli and reach White field 

2. Traffic moving towards City from Whitefield are advised to proceed towards Graphite from Hoodi proceed towards Kundalalhalli towards city via Marathalli.

3. KIAL Bound traffic is advised to use Devasandra road or travel towards Graphite-Kundalahalli- Marathalli - on to ORR

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suresh, Never.. politicians and authority will not learn anything and if any tragedy occured then they will blame each other. Loss only for people.

Suresh
 - 
Monday, 29 Oct 2018

Major tragedy will occur soon. then the authority will learn

Sruti Kotian
 - 
Monday, 29 Oct 2018

Foreign countries may successfully done similar projects. They may have done with lot of security measures. Indian politicians hardly think about safety of people. They just wanted to loot money.

Vinod
 - 
Monday, 29 Oct 2018

Gail project is not safe. should abandon

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April 19,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 19: As many as 25 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the State till now, said Karnataka's Health Department.

"25 new COVID-19 cases reported in the State from 5 pm Friday to 5 pm on Saturday. The total number of positive cases in the State is 384 including 14 deaths and 104 discharges," added the Health Department.

The Health Department has appealed to the doctors, who are willing to volunteer in the fight against coronavirus, to reach out to the government.

A total of 14,378 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the country so far, with 480 deaths being reported due to the virus.

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March 14,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 14: Following the avian flu outbreak in neighboring Kerala, authorities at Pilikula Biological Park in Moodushedde, on the outskirts of the city, have taken all precautionary measures to prevent the death of birds in the park.

Park Director H J Jayaprakash Bhandari said that "the behaviour of the birds is being monitored near open water sources on the premises'.

Though no deaths were reported in the Zoo or on lake premises, the staff continue to maintain a strict vigil on open water sources like lakes. He said the Park was being sanitized.

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