Illegal cut in Mandiana village, from where the canter turned to the narrow road. After this the accident took place.
In Hoshiarpur, Punjab, 5 people have died of a blast after a leakage in the LPG tanker due to a collision of vegetable -filled pickup. These include a woman. Died are those who were sleeping peacefully in their homes, or were preparing to sleep. Night chaos
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Dainik Bhaskar app The team reached the place on Saturday morning where the horrific accident came to light on Friday night. This place is in Mandiana village of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. When our team reached the spot, there was only silence and silence all around.
The area of about 200 meters has been transformed into ash. The walls were broken, the roofs of the houses were flown and there were piles of ash in many places. More than 30 two -wheelers parked within a radius of 200 meters were burnt. There was only iron left of vehicles.
The people of the village were still in shock. Some had tears in their eyes, some were sitting frustrated in front of their desolate houses. When an attempt was made to find out the cause of the accident on the ground, it was revealed that this accident is not just an accident, but the result of a long link to negligence. Due to this negligence, 5 innocent people lost their lives. This village of Hoshiarpur is now immersed in silence only with its wounds.
After a blast in LPG tanker in Hoshiarpur, people were seen leaving home and running away to save their lives. – File photo
3 major reasons, which became the cause of the accident ….
- Gas theft from gas plants coming out: On the condition of anonymity, some villagers told the Bhaskar team that there is a gas plant just 450 meters from the place of accident. Trucks and tankers come out from here. It is alleged that gas is illegally extracted from the tanker on the day of this narrow street. A complaint was made to the police and administration several times, but the action was never taken. If action was taken, there would not have been such a big accident today. However, after the accident, the police also raided two areas around the village.
- Illegal cut on National Highway: According to the villagers, the area in which this accident happened is situated on the Mandiana village National Highway. The road is not four-lane, but still vehicles leave very fast. At some places the said highway is the same lane. Despite being two lanes, dozens of illegal cuts have been made on the highway. The cut on which this accident happened was also illegally built. Because where government cuts are made, it is maintained well. However, this cut was made by removing the pavement. On Friday night, the LPG tanker suddenly turned from this cut and hit the pickup car coming from the front. The collision was so strong that the gas started leaking on seeing it and in a short time there was a blast.
- Hidden danger in darkness, street lights closed: The villagers told the team that street lights on the highway have been closed for a long time. It becomes very dangerous to pass through the highway at night. The light of high speed vehicles suddenly falls on the eyes and the vehicle coming from the front is not clearly visible. It was also said that if there was a light on the road, the pickup driver would have got an idea of turning the tanker in time and the collision could have been postponed. Also, there was no such mark on the tanker to know that the tanker is standing in front.
Now know the description of the villagers, the full story of the accident …
Raman said- Dada was sleeping on top of medical store, he died Raman Verma, the owner of the biggest medical store in Mandiana, Hoshiarpur, had a conversation. His grandfather Balwant Verma is one of the 5 people who died. At the time of the incident, his grandfather was sleeping peacefully in the room above the medical store. Raman Verma’s medical store was affected the most in this accident, which was present in front of the spot.
Raman Verma says that his 75 -year -old grandfather died. What will happen to them bigger than this. The government talked about compensation of 2 lakhs, but there was a loss of about 40 to 50 lakh rupees. Who will compensate him? Our family was surrounded by sorrows in one night. These situations are not of one family there, but 25 shops and 10 houses, which have been ashes in this incident.
Khuman Singh said- 5 family members got hit 5 family members of Khuman Singh of Madhya Pradesh were hit by fire. It is said that he came to know about the incident at around 10.30 pm. His brother -in -law gave information about the incident. The brother -in -law is seriously injured in the incident. Apart from this, the walls of the migrants’ quarters also fell in the incident, in which about 5 migrants from Madhya Pradesh were badly burnt.
Two -wheelers burnt in the surrounding area were left as iron.
Khuman Singh further said- On receiving the information, he soon reached the spot with his car and took the wounds to the hospital, where everyone’s condition remains critical. The wounds include Bhagwan Singh, Sushma Devi, Sita, Vijay and Ajay. All used to sell rounds in the area around Adampur. He is a resident of MP Gwalior and has been living in Adampur, Jalandhar for the last about 15 years.
Loss of 10 lakhs, who will fill Jaspreet Singh alias Raju is a repairing center just 10 meters from the accident. In this, he works to repair bikes and two -wheelers. On Friday night, he closed his shop at around 9 pm and went to take Hoshiarpur goods. More than 10 motorcycles of its customers were standing inside the shop. All these were burnt to ashes due to the fire.
Jaspreet Singh said that her village is just two 2 kilometers from her center. We did not have any loss of loss, but the shop was badly burnt to ashes. We have lost about 11 lakh rupees from about 11 lakh rupees. The market committee has assured to talk to the government regarding compensation.
The medicine worth lakhs of rupees was burnt after the fire on the medical store.
Know here 2 important things of SSP in the whole matter …
Ongoing investigation into allegations of illegal gas extract SSP Sandeep Kumar Malik of Hoshiarpur Dainik Bhaskar Told that till now the tanker driver was passing the main accused in the investigation, who died in the accident. Our teams are working on complaints of illegal gas extract extract in the area, some people related to the same have been detained. At the same time, goods have also been found from some suspects.
Some evidences have emerged, we will disclose soon SSP Malik further said- We also have some other evidence, on the basis of which we will soon disclose all the developments. The tanker came from Bathinda and had to go to Nasrala plant. However, instead of the Nasrala plant, he was present at a turn 450 meters from there. Investigation is also going on whether an official person is involved in the incident or not.
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