MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DINSHA PATEL)
(a): According to information provided by various companies, the number of CNG
outlets operating in various cities in the country are as below:-
Name of the Cities No. of CNG filling stations
Mumbai 115 Thane 6 Mira-Bhayandar 2 Delhi 145 NOIDA 1 Vijayawada 5 Hyderabad 1 Kanpur 4 Lucknow 4 Agra 1 Agartala 1 Ahmedabad 64 Ankleshwar 1 Bharuch 1 Surat 20 Vadodara 3 Gandhinagar 1 Hazira 1 Total as on date 376
(b) & (c): With the objective of promoting investment from public as well as
private sector for laying natural gas trunk pipelines and city/local natural gas
networks throughout the country, the Government of India has enacted ‘The
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006’ and notified the ‘Policy
for Development of Natural Gas Pipelines and City or Local Natural Gas
Distribution Networks’. To implement city gas distribution systems, GAIL and Oil
Marketing Companies have formed the following Joint Venture Companies:
# M/s Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) in Mumbai.
# M/s Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) in Delhi.
# M/s Bhagyanagar Gas Limited (BGL) in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
# M/s Central UP Gas Limited (CUGL) in Kanpur.
# Green Gas Limited (GGL) in Lucknow and Agra.
# Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) in the State of Maharashtra
except Mumbai.
# Aavantika Gas Limited (AGL) in the State of Madhya Pradesh.
(d) & (e): Government has received requests from certain State Governments to
extend CNG in the states. As mentioned in reply to part (a), a large number of
CNG outlets have been opened in many cities. GAIL (India) Limited and Oil
Marketing Companies have formed many Joint Venture Companies for implementing
city gas distribution networks. Providing of CNG facilities depends upon
availability of gas, setting up of necessary infrastructure and economic
viability.
(f): According to information provided by the various companies, CNG stations
are likely to be opened in the cities of Indore, Pune, Rajkot, Faridabad,
Rajamundry, Tirupati, Visakhapatanam, Dewas, Vapi, Valsad, Mehsana, Anand,
Bilimora, Nadiad, Mehsana, Kalol, Himmatnagar, Surendranagar, Vadhvan, Limdi and
Morbi in 2007-2008.
