Section 12 in The Orissa Motor Vehicles (Producer of Gas) Rules, 1993
12. Installation of pipe and gas filter.
(1)No generator and no pipe between the generator and the gas filters shall be so placed that any part of the generator of such pipe is within a distance of less than-(i)sixty centimetres from any part of the patrol tank;(ii)one metre and twenty centimetres from the filling point or office of the petrol tank ;Provided that in the case of a transport vehicle other than a public service vehicle the generator may be at a distance of less than sixty centimetres from any part of the petrol tank, but shall be as far removed therefrom as possible, and in no case shall there be a distance of less than twenty centimeties between any part of a generator or of any pipe connecting the generator or the gas filters and any part of the petrol tank ;Provided further that when any part of generator or pipe as aforesaid is at a distance of less than sixty centimetres from any part of the petrol tank, that part of the generator and pipe shall be insulated from that part of the petrol tank by the interposition of the insulating material and the cleance as specified in Rule 11.(2)The filter cap and any other opening in the main petrol tank shall, where the generator is mounted on the shed of the vehicle, be located on the opposite side of the vehicle to the generator and shall be not less than one metre and twenty centimetres away from the generator and from any pipe leading from the generator to the gas filters.(3)Any auxiliary petrol tank with gravity feed shall be located in front as far from the generator as practicable.
