In the past six months, the fledgling GAIL city pipeline network has been damaged at least five times by various government agencies or private companies digging the roads. The gas pipelines, laid one metre below the ground and whose lines have been marked with signboards every few metres, are perhaps the only utility in the city that are well-mapped.
However, this has not prevented damage. In October 2018, BMRCL contractors had twice damaged pipelines in Whitefield while in January, Bescom and BWSSB damaged pipes in Sarjapur and Singasandra.
