A day after PNG-like gas smell spread panic among residents of several sectors in Noida, the source of the smell has still not been identified. The district administration, police and the Noida authority are trying to ascertain what caused several sectors to be engulfed in something that smelled like cooking gas for over two hours.
From personal accounts of several residents, it can be ascertained that the smell permeated sectors 137, 93, 93B and 128 around 7pm on Thursday. People near the Sector 137 Metro station and those driving past these sectors on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway also reported smelling something akin to cooking gas. With the smell not dissipating even after a while, several residents’ WhatsApp groups went abuzz as more and more residents pinged to say that it smelt like a ”massive gas leakage” had happened somewhere.
Societies including Logix Blossom County, Purvanchal Royal Park, Supertech Ecociti and Paras Tierra, all in Sector 137, even turned off their main PNG supply line after the complaints increased.
