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Urja Ganga Lights Up Patna As 5,500 Households Get Piped Natural Gas Connection; Supply To Begin In Feb: Deputy CM
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi. (AP Dube/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Deputy chief minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi, on Thursday (3 January) said that supply of piped cooking gas to city households would begin from February, Times Of India has reported.
Sushil Modi claimed approximately 5,500 households in the city had already been connected with piped natural gas (PNG) infrastructure under the Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra pipeline projects during his address at the 10th City Gas Distribution (CGD) bidding organised by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).
“At present, CGD authorisation has been given by the PNGRB in seven districts of Bihar. At least 21 more more districts will be added to the network under the 10th bidding phase. After the 10th round, 28 of 38 districts in the state will be fully authorised for the development of CGD network. This is a remarkable feat in the field of natural gas distribution in Bihar,” said a Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) official.
The Urja Ganga Gas Pipeline Project of the Union Ministry of petroleum and natural gas is being implement in six cities i.e. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Bhubaneswar and Cuttack (Odisha), Patna (Bihar), Ranchi and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand). The supply has been started in Varanasi, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The remaining cities are targeted to be to be covered before March.
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