On Wednesday, there was a gas leak panic in Chandigarh in the morning, due to which 1600 schoolchildren were sent to their homes. This panic happened because of the gas pipeline rupture caused by the sector 40 JCB excavation. On this, instant action is taken by the management of Sharda sarvhitkari school and the students to the nearest park before sending them home safely. It helps them to avert the potential disaster that leads to gas leakage.
Leading actions taken by school management
The principal of the school, Archana Nagrath, said to the news agency that there was a lot of gas around, and our staff rushed to turn off the electricity at the school. Even CCTV was shut down because there was little point of risk are there. They sent all students to the nearest park quickly and kept them there till they were sent to their home safely. Then the school management called the police and local councillor because there was a lot of gas scare.
At the same time, they also informed all parents by telephone that there was a gas scare in Chandigarh. All parents are happy to hear from school management that their children are safe and taken to park out of school.
How School Management prevent a Major Tragedy
The local councillor, Gurbax Rawat, said to the news agency that school management instantly took action to take all students to the park and save them from gas harm. According to a local councillor, one thousand six hundred students were safely returned to their homes and prevented from a major gas tragedy. She also highlights how a gas pipeline ruptured and was displaced by the excavation work of the team that disturbed the sewer lines and blocked them in Sector 40 Chandigarh.
How does a gas pipeline rupture
The team already found this issue when the gas pipeline burst in the morning. It is caused due to the irresponsible placement of gas pipelines. That time, the gas pipeline was placed wrongly directly after uprooting the sewer line, and it led to potential hazards like this that happened on Wednesday. Thanks to the school management that took the leading action to save them from the gas scare and prevent this tragedy, Rawat said.
The Chandigarh mayor, Anup Gupta, said he directed the executive engineer to give all the details on this situation. IOC- adani states that he has an exclusive contract to supply natural gas in the city and nearest areas. On this, the Anindita Mitra commissioner also confirmed that they ordered the FIR to take action against the contractor.
Conclusion
This gas scare incident unfolded in the morning when students shifted to their classes. The local councillor, Rawat, said there was an urgent need to find the underground gas pipeline placement issues and show concerns about the tragedies if these issues are not fixed. She also urges people to pay attention to such matters and prevent mishaps, as school management does. Further, she also questioned the team that placed the gas pipeline during the incident.
