Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs & Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas inaugurated 201 CNG stations of GAIL India across the country.
The minister also inaugurated what it said to be India’s first small-scale LNG unit at Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh.
The CNG stations have been set up with an investment of Rs 500 crore and are spread across 52 geographical areas in 17 states.
The development of the National Gas Grid & a wide spread CGD network for connecting consumption centres with supply points will play a crucial role in India’s journey towards being a gas-based economy in which the share of natural gas in the country’s energy mix will increase from 6% to 15% by 2030.
“This transformation will open up investment avenues of about $67 billion (Rs 558,177 crore). India is committed to continuously improve the policy and regulatory environment to support development, & ensure availability & accessibility of cleaner and sustainable fuel. Around 24,623 kms of pipeline out of the over 33,753 kms of natural gas trunk pipelines authorised are currently operational in the country,” said Puri.
