The residents were also urged to shift to safer areas until the leak was plugged and the issue was resolved.
Tension prevailed in Karvelu village in Dakshina Kannada on Monday morning when liquified petroleum gas (LPG) started leaking from a tanker travelling on National Highway 75. The tanker came to a halt at Karvelu near Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada around 8:45 am on Monday. Residents of the village noticed that gas was leaking from the tanker and immediately made a public address through the loud speakers of the mosque, which was around 200 metres away from where the tanker was stationed. "There was a lot of smoke coming out from the tanker. We immediately told people of the village to not light gas stoves or burn firewood. It is our luck that nothing untoward happened," says Razak, a resident of the village. The residents were also urged to shift to safer areas until the leak was plugged and the issue was resolved. The leakage was plugged by a Quick Response Team (QRT) which arrived on the spot. "The QRT is kept on stand-by and employed by oil companies for emergencies like this. Members of the team reached the spot and managed to plug the leak. The tanker continued to travel towards Bengaluru after that", a police official from Uppinangady told TNM. The residents however rued a delay in the fire department's fire engine reaching the spot. The fire department was notified at 8:46 am but due to a roadblock, it arrived at the spot in Karvelu only after 9 am. The delay was confirmed by a police official from Uppinangady. Residents were up in arms about the lack of responsiveness from fire officials. "What if there was an emergency situation? The fire department should be quicker to respond to situations and if there is a road-block, it should be communicated so that a nearby fire department can be alerted", Razak added. National Highway 75 connects Bengaluru with the port city of Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada. All vehicles on the route were diverted to Puttur on Monday morning.
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