Gurugram, July 28 -- Residents of Parsvnath Exotica, a group housing society in Sector 53, Golf Course Road, Gurugram, held a silent protest on Sunday against the proposed construction of a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling station adjacent to their condominium. Exotica Condominium Owners Association (ECOA), which spearheaded the protest held by around 150 residents, said that the distance of the proposed site from the residential complex is around 25 metres which will pose serious safety hazards such as fire, and explosion and also impact the local environment as there are a large number grown up trees at the proposed site. Ashok Singhal, president of ECOA said, "We urge the authorities to reconsider the site in the interest of community and environment well-being. According to Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO) statutory guidelines, the minimum distance between a CNG station's gas storage units and a residential complex varies by storage capacity: at least 2.5 metres for up to 4,500 litres, 4 metres for 4,501-10,000 litres, and 10 metres for 10,001-100,000 litres. However, according to the department of town and country planning, the recommended distance is generally 50 metres and the plot for a CNG station should be connected to a main road. "The proposed site has 60 fully grown trees and these will be required to be cut," said Yash Handa, a resident of the society. "Residents were neither consulted nor informed about the proposed site," said Rajnish Magan, secretary, ECOA. A group of protesters also called upon Badshahpur MLA and state forest minister Rao Narbir Singh, and submitted a memorandum to him in this regard. A senior HSVP official said that they had not yet received any memorandum of complaint in the matter....