IGL to supply piped cooking gas, CNG in three UP districts

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IGL to supply piped cooking gas, CNG in three UP districts

The three geographical areas were bid out under the recently held 10th round of CGD bidding conducted by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.

City gas distributor, Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), today announced it has received the Letter of Intent from the downstream petroleum regulator to lay city gas distribution (CGD) network in the districts of Fatehpur, Hamirpur and the unauthorised areas of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

The three geographical areas were bid out under the recently held 10th round of CGD bidding conducted by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.

The company said in a statement the project is aimed at providing supply of compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped natural gas (PNG) in these districts and it is expected that the first CNG station and piped gas connection would be made available within a year.

Commenting on the development, IGL’s Managing Director E S Ranganathan said that the company plans to set up seven CNG stations and provide PNG connections to 14,400 households in the next two years across the geographical area. “Along with domestic kitchens, IGL would also be providing gas connections to industries and commercial establishments like hotels, restaurants, and hospitals in the region,” he said.

IGL is a joint venture between GAIL (India) and Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL). The firm currently supplies CNG and PNG in Delhi, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Rewari, and Gurugram.

The company operates a CGD infrastructure consisting of over 12,500 kilometers of pipeline network and 482 CNG stations. It meets the fuel requirements of 10.5 lakh CNG vehicles and supplies PNG to 10 lakh households in Delhi and adjoining National Capital Region towns.

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