Households in Agra, Lucknow to get CNG
Vishal Sharma
New Delhi/ Agra. After beginning its “CNG for Automobiles” project last week in Agra, the joint venture company of Indian Oil and GAIL, Green Gas Ltd, is preparing to provide piped CNG to households in Agra and Lucknow from October this year.
According to the director (commercial), Green Gas Ltd, R K Sharma, six localities of Agra had been selected for providing piped CNG, in which the company would provide 1,000 connections in the first phase. Later, more areas will get connections, according to the feasibility situation in a particular locality.
Sharma said booking for the connections would begin in May and the pipelines would be laid later, with the company installing its gas meters inside the houses at its own cost.
He said the piped CNG was similar to LPG in every aspect and only a slight modification would be needed in the gas-stoves to adapt them for using CNG as a fuel instead of LPG.
Sharma said that the initial cost of piped gas shall be dependent on the number of households in a single building which implied that the cost of connection for multi-storied buildings shall be cheaper than single households, though still, the cost of the gas shall be cheaper than LPG which was yet to be finalized by the company.
He said that a marketing team of Green Gas Ltd. was already in place and would actively begin spreading awareness about the piped gas in the targeted localities within a couple of weeks.
The team would also meeting the various residents welfare associations of these localities to conduct a more effective campaign.
Notably, to facilitate the growth of pollution-free industries in Agra the Gas Authority of India Ltd. too, has agreed to increase the CNG quota of Agra industries from 1.1 mmscmd to 1.3-1.4 mmscmd to promote the use of CNG among the industrialists of Agra and Firozabad.
A decision on this matter had been reached in a recent meeting held in Agra between the GAIL officials and union minister of state for commerce, Jairam Ramesh.
According to the director (commercial), Green Gas Ltd, R K Sharma, six localities of Agra had been selected for providing piped CNG, in which the company would provide 1,000 connections in the first phase. Later, more areas will get connections, according to the feasibility situation in a particular locality.
Sharma said booking for the connections would begin in May and the pipelines would be laid later, with the company installing its gas meters inside the houses at its own cost.
He said the piped CNG was similar to LPG in every aspect and only a slight modification would be needed in the gas-stoves to adapt them for using CNG as a fuel instead of LPG.
Sharma said that the initial cost of piped gas shall be dependent on the number of households in a single building which implied that the cost of connection for multi-storied buildings shall be cheaper than single households, though still, the cost of the gas shall be cheaper than LPG which was yet to be finalized by the company.
He said that a marketing team of Green Gas Ltd. was already in place and would actively begin spreading awareness about the piped gas in the targeted localities within a couple of weeks.
The team would also meeting the various residents welfare associations of these localities to conduct a more effective campaign.
Notably, to facilitate the growth of pollution-free industries in Agra the Gas Authority of India Ltd. too, has agreed to increase the CNG quota of Agra industries from 1.1 mmscmd to 1.3-1.4 mmscmd to promote the use of CNG among the industrialists of Agra and Firozabad.
A decision on this matter had been reached in a recent meeting held in Agra between the GAIL officials and union minister of state for commerce, Jairam Ramesh.
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