MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a): Information regarding the State-wise number of cities/towns covered with CNG or PNG
facilities in the country is as follows:-
State No. of cities with CNG/PNG facilities
Andhra Pradesh 3
Assam 8
Delhi 1
Gujarat 26
Haryana 2
Madhya Pradesh 2
Maharashtra 5
Tripura 1
Uttar Pradesh 7
West Bengal 5
Total 60
(b) & (c): Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has finalized âVision-2015â of the Oil sector
for âConsumer Satisfaction and Beyondâ, wherein efforts would be made to provide CNG/PNG
facilities to 200 more cities by the year 2015.
(d): As the natural gas is supplied to CNG stations through pipes at high pressure and to PNG
consumers without any intermediate handling using equipments of international standards, there
is no pilferage of CNG and PNG.