Overview
- A JCB struck a buried Mahanagar Gas Limited pipeline on Gokhale Road in Dadar West on the evening of Friday, May 29, causing a rapid gas leak that drew emergency teams.
- Mumbai Fire Brigade, Mumbai Police, BMC and MGL cordoned the site and MGL personnel shut valves to stop the flow, with officials reporting no fire and no injuries.
- Gas supply in the immediate area was temporarily suspended as a safety measure and some local connections were restored roughly two hours after the rupture while repair and inspection work continued.
- Authorities have restricted access to the lane, advised residents and businesses to keep doors and windows closed and to switch off gas flames, and notified affected customers about service disruption.
- Police, civic officials and MGL opened an investigation to establish how the excavation was authorised and to review safety procedures for third-party work on buried utilities.