India, March 20 -- A sudden burst of flames caused by a leaking gas pipeline in Andheri East on March 9 disrupted 22-year-old Arvind Kaithal's life, leaving him incapacitated on a hospital bed, fighting uncertainties about his future. Mounting hospital bills are adding to the stress of not knowing whether he will still have a job left when he reports at his workplace - airport - where he was asked to rejoin on March 17 as a loader after being laid off for a while.

The Sunday evening on March 9 quickly turned his joy on getting re-employed into pain as he was caught up in the gas leak fire and ended up on a bed at National Burns Centre (NBC) in Airoli with 55% burns.

After helping his friend Aman Saroj, a delivery boy, wrap up his work f...