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Residents said the exhaust pipes of gensets are short and smoke billows whenever power back-up is in use.“Ideally, the exhaust pipes of the gensets should be three-and-a-half metres above the roof of the building. The framework for exhaust pipes was also created.”City-based environmentalist Vikrant Tongad said a lot of housing societies do not have proper exhaust systems in place. However, here the pipes are so close to the machine that the smoke pollutes their entire place. The housing societies have been asked by the state government to convert single-point electricity connection to multi-point connections with individual meters at each apartment.On Sunday, buyers of 25 housing societies met under the Nefowa banner to discuss the issue. “Many apartments have not got adequate systems in place for proper disposal of smoke..