National:
3 more CNG stations in city by Dec 5
Three new compressed natural gas (CNG) stations will become functional in the city by December 5. They will be located in Transport Nagar (Sonali Petrol Pump), Saguna Mor (Navneet Petrol Pump) and Naubatpur (CGS Petrol Pump). An announcement in this regard was made by state transport secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal after a meeting with representatives of the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and different petroleum companies on Monday. At present, long queues of CNG-fuelled autorickshaws can be seen at the two CNG stations in Bypass and Rukanpura on Bailey Road. The transport secretary said, “With two additional stations, their total number will go up to five in Patna. Three more CNG stations in Digha (Sanjiv Yatayat), Bailey Road (Raghunath Petrol Pump) and near Patna Junction (Palm Tree Petrol Pump) will be ready by March next year.” Agrawal, who is also Patna’s divisional commissioner, claimed that CNG stations were likely to come up in other towns like Gaya, Nalanda, Muzaffarpur, Ara and Bhagalpur by the end of next ye