Today, all of us are using LPG cooking gas cylinders for cooking. Apart from this, the Government of India is also running the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to deliver LPG gas cylinders to every household in the rural and marginal areas of the country. It is worth mentioning that earlier women had to cook food by throwing wood in the stove. In such a situation, the risk of burning their hands was very high. Apart from this, there was a lot of smoke in this process of cooking, which had a bad effect on the health of women. However, now LPG gas cylinders are reaching every household. In such a situation, cooking has become very convenient. Cooking with an LPG gas cylinder is as convenient as it is dangerous. You must have heard about the cases of LPG LPG cylinder explosions.
On the other hand, do you know that in case of an accident with a gas cylinder, an insurance facility is also provided by the gas companies? If you do not know about this, then today we are going to tell you about it.
When you get a new LPG gas connection. Along with that you are also given personal accident cover. Not many people are aware of the personal accident cover that comes with a new LPG gas connection.
If a fire occurs due to a gas explosion or leakage under this cover, it causes heavy damage. In this situation, financial assistance of Rs 50 lakh is given. A maximum of Rs 50 lakh is given for an accident caused by a gas cylinder. In this, a maximum of Rs 10 lakh per person. At the same time, in case of the death of a person in an accident, a compensation of five lakh rupees is given.
Not only this, 25 thousand rupees are given per person for immediate help in the accident. Apart from this, compensation of Rs 1 lakh is also available for the damage caused to the property. To claim the personal accident insurance of an LPG gas cylinder, you have to give this information to the gas dealer after the accident. Apart from this, you have to go to the police and file a complaint.
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