India's CNG filling capacity up by 50,000 vehicles with 58 new stations

NEW DELHI: India’s CNG (compressed natural gas) network has increased by 50,000 vehicles per day with the addition of 56 stations that were completed after lockdown curbs were eased and work on projects was resumed.
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated eight of these CNG stations and dedicated to the nation 48 others across 10 states and one union territory on Friday through video link.These include stations set up by both private and public sector companies.
Adani Gas and Torrent Gas are among the private entities. BPCL, HPCL, GAIL Gas, IGL and IOC, in joint venture with Adani, are among the public sector companies.
The CNG stations are in Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.
Completion of these stations was affected by the countrywide lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
India is looking at expanding the present network of 2,200 CNG stations to 10,000 and connect five crore kitchens with PNG (piped natural gas) service over the next 8-10 years. Development of city gas network is part of PM Narendra Modi’s COP-21 climate commitments for reducing India’s carbon footprint by 2030.