Domestic Gas, LPG, is tricky to handle and in my view many get away with out a serious explosion only by Providence.
Normal precautions while using it are not taken.
LPG being checked.
Some safety precautions.
1.Do not open the Gas switch before keeping the source of Flame near the burner and light immediately.
2.Self cleaning the burner every day, with out knowing how to clean it is dangerous.
3.Close the Gas Valve in the Cylinder after cooking and keep it switched off when you go out.
4.When you start using a new Cylinder, make sure the Pin is properly inserted in the mouth of the Cylinder.
5.Open the windows,every morning before using the gas for a few minutes before staring the gas.
6.have the Rubber tubing checked once in six months by your Gas agency and change it if necessary.
7.make sure you do not spill hot water/oil over the Tubing.
8.Do not keep vessels, any article on the empty or Gas Cylinder.
There is a provision for Gas Accidents ans LPG explosion.
Procedure for claiming LPG explosion and for accidents,
In fact, companies have not seen a single insurance claim from Jaipur in years. Given the level of awareness, it’s not a surprise.
Customers unaware
Most homemakers were completely shocked when DNA told them about the insurance cover available on LPG cylinders. “I never knew that such damages could be claimed from the gas agency,” said Varsha Singh.
Leave alone simple homemakers, even well-read professionals seem to have little clue of this “hidden benefit”. “I did not know that we get insurance in case an LPG cylinder explodes.
The staff at the gas agency never informed me,” said Amit Agarwal, a chartered accountant who recently got a gas connection.
Ignorance pays only the insurers
Every month, nationalised insurance companies get lakhs of rupees as premium and this amount increases constantly with an ever rising number of ignorant consumers, each of whom are covered in part by the Oriental Insurance Company and the gas agency concerned.
“We received Rs26 lakh as monthly premium from a single gas agency in Jaipur, a city which has more than 400 gas agencies,” an agency owner said.
Adding that in the two decades since he’s been running the gas agency, not a single customer has claimed insurance despite several mishaps.
Everyone know the difference an asterix at top of a ‘SALE’ poster can make. So goes for your eligibility to claim insurance.
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According to IOC Ltd Citizen Charter, the IOC distributor will offer assistance to the consumer in completing the formalities of insurance claims arising out of the accident.
HPCL website states all registered HP GAS consumers (having valid SV) are insured against outcome of an accident at their registered premises due to LPG. Details are available with all the distributors and Customer Service Cell In addition, HPCL has also taken a Public Liability Insurance Policy.
Valid SV stands for Valid Subscription Voucher.
The following are few simple tips:
01) Check with your LPG distributor on the requisites for a valid insurance claim.
02)Use only Original accessories which are ISI approved.
03)Request your dealer to do the maintenance check every year.
04)Preserve the maintenance check receipt.
05)In case of death due to explosion of gas cylinder, the victim has to appeal in the court demanding compensation
06)Insurance agents said it is very easy to get the claim — informs cops and gas agency, wait for survey by insurance officials and soon you will get the claim amount.
The pleasure and pain of booking the Train Tickets in Advance by standing in the queue is lost.
This has been replace by Online Booking.
As in Booking by standing in queue, you encounter the same pleasure and Pain.
In the old method one use to get the pleasure of getting to speak to a lot of people in the queue and pain is you r not getting the ticket as you reach the counter.
In Online Booking,, you get the ticket with out moving from where you are.
Pain is the server is slow, does not allow you to log in, the session expires and when you set all this right tickets are closed.
I have come across the following information in Facebook sent by my Grand son.
IRCTC is reported to have new server for Tatkal(timing).
This is available between 930 to 12.
See as you log in you get Lighter version notification.
Refresh till you get this notification and book your tickets.
வாசகர்களுக்காக இணையத்தில் உலவிய செய்து…. ஐ ஆர் சி டி சி – டிக்கெட் முன் பதிவு செய்ய சில சீக்ரெட்ஸ் …
* இந்தியன் ரயில்வேயில் முக்கிய பிரச்சினை அதன் டிராஃபிக் என சொல்லப்படும் அதிக பேர் புக்கிங் செய்ய முனைப்படும்போது அதனின் பல பிரச்சினைகள் நம்மளே சரி செய்தால் பிரச்சினை இல்லாமல் புக்கிங் செய்யலாம்
அதன் சில ரகசியங்கள் டெவலப்பர் சங்கத்தில் இருந்து சுட்டது உங்களுக்காக – இது 100% லீகல் அதனால் கவலை கொள்ள வேண்டாம். March 2014 IRCTC invested 10 crore with 64 GBRAM servers with a spike capacity of 1 Million to 8 Million in REAL TIME and LIGHT VERSION Launched *
முதன் முதல் உங்க்ள் பிரவுசரின் அத்தனை கேஷ் / குக்கிஸை கிளியர் செய்யவும். AVOID Internet Ecplorer *
இரண்டாவது உங்கள் பிரவுசர் இந்திய நேரம் அதுவும் ஐ ஆர் சி டி சி சர்வர் நேரத்துடன் ஒத்து போக வேண்டும்.
இதன் மூலம் புக்கிங் அனேகமாய் ஒகே – ஏன் என்றால் வெளி நாட்டிலிருந்து புக்கிங் செய்யும் போது ரிலே டோக்கன் எனப்படும் சர்வர் டிலே – மற்றும் ஆக்டிவ் ரவுட்டிங் வழி என நினைத்து உங்களுக்கு காலம் தாழ்த்தும்.
ஐ ஆர் சி டி சி சர்வர் டைமை மேட்ச் செய்ய இந்த லின்க்கை அழுத்தவும்.
– இன்னொரு பிரவுசர் – அதாவது நீங்கள் ஃபயர் ஃபாக்ஸ் யூஸ் பண்ணினா = குரோமில் இதை போட்டு செஷன் ஐடியை மாற்றீ அப்படியே சர்வுருக்குள் குடியிருந்த கோயில் மாதிரி ஒட்டிக்கலாம்.
மூணு நிமிஷத்துக்கு ஒரு தடவை ஏதாவது ஒரு ஆக்டிவிட்டி பண்ணி கொண்டே இருங்கள் லாக் அவுட் ஆகவே ஆகாது.
இரண்டாவது மேஜிக் ஆட்டோஃபில் எனப்படும் நிலைத்தகவலை அப்படியே சர்வருக்குள் போட இந்த டூலை பயன்படுத்தினால் எல்லா டீட்டெயிலும் போட தேவையில்லை
இதன் மூலம் 80% கண்டிப்பாய் டிக்கட் கிடைக்க வாய்ப்புண்டு. *
ஐந்தாவது கடைசியாக – தட்கல் டிக்கட் நேரமான 10 – 12 மணி நேராத்தில் இன்னொரு புது சர்வரை ஐ ஆர் சி டி சி மார்ச் மாதம் 10 கோடிக்கு வாங்கி இன்ஸ்டால் செய்திருக்கிறது
இதன் மூலம் உங்கள் டிக்கட்டை லைட் வெர்ஷன் எனும் அறிவிப்பு 9.30 முதல் 12 மணி வ்ரை வருகிறதா என்று பாருங்கள்
வர வில்லை என்றால் ரெஃபர்ஷ் செய்து பின்பு ஆரம்பிக்கவும் இதன் மூலம் 10 லட்சம் கப்பாசிட்டி 80 லட்சம் ஆகி 60 – 65,000 டிக்கட்கள் எளிதாக செய்ய முடியும் வித் அவுட் நோ பிராப்ளம்ஸ்.
இந்த நேரத்தில் விளம்பரம் / டூர் பேக்கேஜ் லொட்டு லொசுக்கு எதுவுமே வேலை செய்யாததால் இதன் டிராஃபிக் ஸ்மூத்தாய் இருக்கும்..
As more diseases are discovered(?), the treatment becomes more Complex.
So are the disciplines of Medicine,
Medical Science has the vicarious pleasure using high-sounding names even for simple Diseases,one gets scared on hearing the names.
As Medicine gets more specialized, the total picture of the body is often lost, with some of the doctors, not sure enough about other parts of the body other than the part they have specialized in.
Then we have the Pharmaceutical Companies use all the guile at their disposal to mislead you, where they keep quiet about the side effects of the medicines you take.
And many of us are scared to ask the Doctor in detail about our ailment and the course of treatment he is using, its ramifications and the side effects of the drugs he is prescribing.
But one must, notwithstanding the irritation of some Doctors, ask and discuss with the Doctor these issues, after all it is your Body.
It would be helpful if one has some information about the disease one has ,its symptoms, possible courses of treatment, in a simple language.
National Institute of Medicine,under the aegis of the US Government hs come out with a Medical site that explains the diseases in detail.
In a simple language.
The information is provided in text/interactive format.
I had a call from a lady from Akosha , about one/two months back informing me that the management of Akosha has changed and that the present management is sorting out the issues and whether I could do anything about my post.
I replied that I have no grudge against anyone .that I would be happy to publish their stand if they could send me details and incorporate that into the Post.
An email was also received. the same day.
It was great connecting with you today – thanks for taking out the time to talk. As I mentioned, Akosha has come a long way since your blog post in March, 2014.
Akosha has been, is and will continue to be a platform for customers to get their queries resolved by brands. We are here to simply better the customer experience, and hope to make lives hassle-free and convenient. To give you a closer view of our journey, let me tell you that we have now created our app which is downloadable from the Google Play store. You can use our app to get help and answers to any query you may have. It would be great if you gave it a try!
We hope to see you change your mind about Akosha! Do reach out to me for any further questions about Akosha, I will be more than happy to give you details.
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Thanks,
Micah Muhury
Program Manager
Phone: +91 997199668
The following is the clarification , action being taken by them in this regard and I am reproducing the Text, which also appears as a comment in this Post.
This has been received today.
“Dear SKSAKASH,
We really regret that we acted so callously on your complaint. We just messed up. Although we can’t give you your time back, we would still like to do our best to help you out. Unfortunately, we are not able to locate your Akosha ticket based on the details you have given on this post. Thus, we request you to share your Akosha ticket number with us or fill this form out so that we can identify your ticket: http://bit.ly/akoshacares. Post that, one of our senior team members will give you a call to help you out.
Despite the fact that we try our best to resolve complaints, we are not able to do that for all. Here is a Quora post by our founder which will explain the constraints that we face and what we are doing to overcome them: http://www.quora.com/Is-Akosha-actually-able-to-resolve-consumer-complaints/answer/Ankur-Singla-8.
Hope you’ll understand.
Regards
Online Team
Akosha.
An email was also received to day.
This is in continuation of our conversation today. I hope you have had the chance to read the email I had sent earlier, describing Akosha‘s journey.
To add to that, it would indeed be very helpful if you could publish our side of the story as well. Here is what we have to say:
Akosha has come a long way since your blog post in March, 2014.
Today, Akosha works with more than 5000 brands in India and has handled more than 25 lakh customer service issues and has been able to get a major portion of them resolved.
Since the very nature of the task of resolving consumer complaints is pretty challenging (and perhaps that is why no one else is doing what we are trying to do), we are not able to resolve all the complaints that we work on and we are very open in communicating that to our customers. We pledge to help our customers with the case to the best of our ability but can’t give a guarantee that we’ll be able to resolve it (http://www.akosha.com/besteffort) and if the customer is really dissatisfied and the concern is genuine, we are okay with refunding the money that customer paid us.
Our current resolution rate is 61%. Although it’s not as close to what we hope for, we’re working really hard, day and night, to get better. And our hope is that the readers of this blog would also understand that and give us another chance to help them out.
In case anyone has any queries, they can send an email to support@akosha.comand we’ll do our best to help out.
Regards
Online Team
Akosha
I hope you feel convinced this time about how our services have improved and grown. Please feel free to call me if you’d like to know some more.
It states that it would help you resolve your complaints against Companies and the site’s Home Page says thus,
”
Akosha: Helping Consumers
Akosha, an online platform for filling & getting your complaint resolved. We are driven to ensure that the complaint/voice of the customer is heard by the brands.
Total Number of Complaints Filed: 4,65,212
Brands That Akosha Works With: 550
Money Saved For Consumers: 8,32,72,000
Updates By Akosha: 10,13,030
We help consumer in getting resolution to their complaints from brands across India.
Will The Complaint Be Resolved?
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What happens of the complaint is not resolved?
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If after all our efforts your complaint remains unresolved then we would provide you documents with which you can file complaint in consumer court.
FILE COMPLAINT ON PHONE: CALL US @ 91-91-9266603254″
It also provides an Online Complaint form.
But curiously it does not talk about any charges.”
In Life, there is nothing that is called Free Lunch.
I investigated..
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AKOSHA is a Fraud ..
I have given the complaint related to Country vacations to AKOSHA ..These people are similar to those people with false promises.
Initially i was reluctant to pay AKOSHA ..but one month these people are calling me to pay the fee to them so that they will resolve within one month ..but now its been more than a month ..now THEY HAVE GIVEN UP and not even REFUNDING My money ..as they display in their website.
Complete LOSS of my money ..one to country vacation and then to AKOSHA.
GUYS ..DONT BELIEVE THIS MEDIATORS .. DO FIGHT YOURSELF by complaining or in consumer court.
After wasting my time with AKOSHA ..now i need to get up and fight for Country vacations and AKOSHA to get my money back”
Akosha is just a fraud site. They have tie ups with companies so that they will never resolve issue and you end up paying it to Akosha service. Which utlimately is no use. They never pickup ur calls and never help you
Singla looked around for help and all he found was people with similar experiences who had nowhere to go. Singla, then 27, quickly sensed a business opportunity and launched Akosha in January 2011.
Akosha’s basic services are free, but it charges between Rs 299 and Rs 1,499 from customers who wish to further escalate their complaints and seek legal assistance. The customer is charged according to the nature of his or her complaint and the size of the disputed amount.
“Most customers approach us after having tried their hand with the company’s customer care executives,” says Singla. “We take up these complaints directly with the marketing departments and higher-ups in the brands.”
For paid customers, if the issue is still unresolved, Akosha goes one step further. Its employees launch a social media campaign against the target company. Akosha’s Twitter handle tweets complainant’ sproblems on the social media, an area where leading brands and service providers try their best to avoid negative publicity.
Often, brands’ social media teams are different from their marketing and the customer care departments. One department exhorts the other to settle the complaint. For companies, retaining customers is as important as avoiding negative word of mouth.
This is where Singla and his small firm are able to pressure companies to address the problem. Akosha’s Twitter handle has around 3,000 followers.
“When we launch a social media campaign, we do it on behalf of the customer. We don’t proclaim that a company or a brand is a fraud. We impartially narrate the complaint on the brands’ social media page. Akosha does not do anything that may hurt the interests of the company,” Singla says, explaining how they avoid defamation suit.
But before accepting a complaint, Singla says his team first authenticates the complaint through internal checks.
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