Many times people do not get the benefit of some schemes and facilities simply because they are not aware of it. If you use LPG gas cylinders, then this news will prove to be beneficial for you. In today’s time, cooking is done on cooking gas in most of the houses in India. But still many people are not aware of the schemes related to LPG cylinders. One of these is the insurance cover on the cylinder.
You should know about the insurance you get on a gas cylinder because it can benefit you up to millions of rupees. This insurance cover starts from the first day of connection.
Oil companies give a cover of up to six lakh rupees on their behalf. If a gas accident occurs in your home, you will need to inform your LPG distributor. Then he will inform the insurance company in this regard and get the further process done.
Let us know how much insurance cover you get under different circumstances.
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- If someone dies due to any reason in the blast of LPG cylinder, then the gas company pays six lakh rupees per person as compensation.
- On the other hand, if a person is injured in the blast of a gas cylinder, then for the treatment of him a maximum of two lakh rupees is received.
- Along with this, if someone’s property is damaged in the blast, then you get up to two lakh rupees for it.
In this way,
if the accident happens due to gas cylinder due to any reason, first of all you will have to register an FIR with the local police. After this, your gas distributor has to give the information along with the copy of the FIR. The distributor delivers this report to the oil company. A team of insurance company will come from the oil company for investigation and this team will decide the amount of claim. The claim amount will be paid to the oil company. The oil company will send it to its distributor, who will then hand it over to the customer or his family.