A day after a GAIL Gas pipeline leak triggered a blast and injured two people in HSR Layout, the company faulted the BWSSB for failing to comply with the standard operating procedure (SOP) while carrying out its manhole repair work.
A senior GAIL official said the civic agency failed to intimate them and ended up damaging the pipeline which, he said, was “a punishable offence”. GAIL has highlighted these issues in a complaint filed with the HSR Layout Police Station.
The SOP, the official told DH, requires GAIL to be informed about civil works and clearance has to be sought for their execution; and work should be undertaken only in the presence of company officials.
