Lok Sabha Question No. 217 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-31
Subject: PNG Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: George Baker, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 217

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.7.2017

## PNG NETWORK

## *217.    SHRI GEORGE BAKER: SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

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- (a)  the  percentage  of  families  having  Piped  Natural  Gas  (PNG)  facility  as  compared  to Liquefied  Petroleum    Gas  (LPG)  consumers  in  Bihar  and  Jharkhand  and  the  details  of existing network of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)/PNG across the country including the number  of  households/industrial  units  covered  under  these  networks  along  with  funds sanctioned, allocated  and utilised for the purpose, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether the Government proposes to consider any new policy/proposal for the expansion of CNG/PNG coverage in the country including demand of PNG connections received from southern States, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  action  taken/cities  identified  by  the  Government including target fixed to provide PNG facility in every rural/urban household along with achievement made in this regard, State/UT-wise;
- (d)  whether the Government proposes to discontinue the supply of LPG cylinders in selected cities under smart city project and provide PNG facility there and if so, the details thereof along with plan prepared by the States in this regard; and
- (e)  whether incidents of leakage/fire in gas pipelines have been reported/come to the notice of the Government across the country and if so, the details thereof along with the preventive steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज् य मंत्ररी )िंत्र प्र्र ारव  स्( ( श्ररी धमेन्द  र प्रधान)

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  No.  217  ASKED  BY  SHRI  GEORGE  BAKER  AND  SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN, MPs TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 31, 2017

(a) to (c): Government has established Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) under the PNGRB Act, 2006, in the year 2007. PNGRB is the statutory authority to grant authorization  for  the  development  of  City  Gas  Distribution  (CGD)  network.  PNGRB identifies the GA for the development of CGD network depending on the natural gas pipeline connectivity/natural gas availability and feasibility for grant of authorization to develop CGD network in the country.  In order to supply  clean fuel and availability of  natural  gas  to  the eastern part of the country, the Government has provided a capital grant of Rs.5176 crore (i.e. 40% of the estimated capital cost of Rs.12,940 Crore) to GAIL for development of a 2655 Km  long  Jagdishpur-Haldia/Bokaro-Dhamra  Gas  Pipeline  (JHBDPL)  project,  popularly known as  the  'Pradhan  Mantri  Urja  Ganga'  of  Eastern  India.  This  pipeline  will  transport Natural Gas to the industrial, commercial, domestic and transport sectors in the five States including  Bihar  &  Jharkhand  and  to  the  CGD  projects  in  the  cities  of  Varanasi,  Patna, Ranchi,  Jamshedpur,  Bhubaneswar,  Kolkata  and  Cuttack.  At  present,  there  are  no  Piped Natural Gas (PNG) consumers in Bihar and Jharkhand.

The details of existing network of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)/PNG across the country including the number of households/industrial units covered under those network State/UTwise as available on PPAC's website as on 01.6.2017 are at Annexure-I .

In order to enhance PNG/CNG consumption in the country, PNGRB has already authorized 81 GAs across the country for the development of CGD network and identified 228 GAs to be  included  in  future  bidding  rounds  subject  to  availability  of  natural  gas  and  technocommercial viability of the area. The Government has also taken following steps to boost the CNG consumption:

(i) MoP&NG has framed policy guidelines to supply domestic gas to the CGD entities. The domestic gas is being supplied to meet entire requirement of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) (Transport) and domestic PNG segments based on last six monthly consumption data by the respective CGD networks.

(ii) Ministry  has  set  a  target  in  GAIL's  MoU  for  2017-18  and  urged  other  Oil  Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to fix a target for setting up CNG stations through their Joint Ventures Companies/Subsidiaries.

- (iii) Government has set  a  target  to  Oil  and  Gas  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  to achieve one crore PNG connections by 2019.
- (iv) The  Ministry  of  Urban  Development  (MoUD)  has  issued  advisory  to  the  State Governments to speed up of CNG/PNG infrastructure.
- (v) The  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  (MoLE)  has  declared  CGD  network  as  a 'Public Utility' under the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947.
- (vi)        The  Ministry  of  Defence  (MoD)  has  issued  guidelines  to  allow  the  development  of PNG network into its establishments across the country.
- (d): Government has allowed PNG connection holders to keep one non-subsidized LPG connection in their household.

(e): GAIL has informed that a fire & burst in GAIL's 18'x 205 Km Tatipaka - Kondapalli Gas  Pipeline  at  Nagaram  Village  nearby  Tatipaka  Terminal  in  East  Godavari  District  of Andhra  Pradesh  has  been  reported  on  27-06-2014.  Subsequent  to  the  incident  of  GAIL's Pipeline, amongst the existing mechanism to prevent such incidents, the following steps have been initiated by GAIL:

- i. Safety Audits are carried out by independent external agencies and internal multidisciplinary teams to find out gaps if any and the recommendations are complied with time bound manner.
- ii. Well-equipped Fire protection and Safety measures have been set up across all GAIL Sites.
- iii. Daily foot patrolling in populated/ urban centers and monthly foot patrolling of Lines at other  locations  to  identify  encroachments  /  suspicious  activities,  if  any.  Also,  GPS based online tracking system for foot patrolling implemented.
- iv. Security  clearances  have  been  obtained  for  patrolling/monitoring  of  RoU/RoW  for operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for surveillance of Pipeline.
- v. A  Disaster  Management  Sub  Group  has  been  formed  at  Corporate  Office,  GAIL primarily to come together for mitigating the Crisis without any delay and taking all actions which are necessary arising out of the Crisis.
- vi. A Centralized  Integrity  Management  Group  (CIMG)  has  been  established  to  closely monitor  &  maintain  comprehensive  pipeline  database  and  coordinate  the  integrity management of pipelines across the Country.
- vii. Group SMS and voice telephony system have been implemented at all GAIL sites for faster communication during emergency.

The entities also have to adhere to statutory requirements regarding safety.

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## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION No. 217 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.7.2017

| S.No.   | State          | Geographical Area Covered                                                                                                  | Entity                                                                                  | PNG connections as on 01.6.2017   | PNG connections as on 01.6.2017   |
|---------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State          | Geographical Area Covered                                                                                                  | Entity                                                                                  | Domestic                          | Industrial                        |
| 1       | Haryana        | Sonipat                                                                                                                    | Gail Gas Limited                                                                        | 60,471                            | 255                               |
| 1       | Haryana        | Faridabad                                                                                                                  | Adani Gas Limited                                                                       | 60,471                            | 255                               |
| 1       | Haryana        | Gurgaon                                                                                                                    | Haryana City Gas Distribution Ltd                                                       | 60,471                            | 255                               |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh | Kakinada                                                                                                                   | Bhagyanagar Gas Limited                                                                 | 4,275                             | 0                                 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada                                                                                                                 | Bhagyanagar Gas Limited                                                                 | 4,275                             | 0                                 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh | Kovvur                                                                                                                     | Godavari Gas Pvt. Ltd.                                                                  | 4,275                             | 0                                 |
| 3       | Telangana      | Hyderabad                                                                                                                  | Bhagyanagar Gas Limited                                                                 | 3,345                             | 5                                 |
| 4       | Assam          | Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat                                                                           | Assam Gas Company Limited                                                               | 30,214                            | 404                               |
| 5       | Gujarat        | Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Sabarkantha                                                                                          | Sabarmati Gas Limited                                                                   | 16,73,817                         | 4,344                             |
| 5       | Gujarat        | Gandhinagar, Nadiad, Halol, Hazira, Rajkot, Khambhat, Palej, Valsad, Navsari, Surendernagar, Surat, Ankleshwar & Bhavnagar | Gujarat Gas Limited (JV of GSPC Gas Company Limited & Gujarat Gas Company Ltd)          | 16,73,817                         | 4,344                             |
| 5       | Gujarat        | Vadodara, Ahmedabad                                                                                                        | Adani Gas Limited                                                                       | 16,73,817                         | 4,344                             |
| 5       | Gujarat        | Vadodara                                                                                                                   | Vadodara Gas Ltd [(JV Company of GAIL India Ltd & Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan (VMSS)] | 16,73,817                         | 4,344                             |
| 5       | Gujarat        | Ahmedabad                                                                                                                  | Hindustan Petroleum Corpn. Ltd.                                                         | 16,73,817                         | 4,344                             |
| 5       | Gujarat        | Anand                                                                                                                      | Charotar Gas Sahakari Mandali Ltd                                                       | 16,73,817                         | 4,344                             |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh | Dewas, Vijaipur                                                                                                            | Gail Gas Limited                                                                        | 16,106                            | 100                               |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior                                                                                                                    | Aavantika Gas Limited                                                                   | 16,106                            | 100                               |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh | Indore including Ujjain                                                                                                    | Aavantika Gas Limited                                                                   | 16,106                            | 100                               |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh | Pithampura                                                                                                                 | Aavantika Gas Limited                                                                   | 16,106                            | 100                               |
| 7       | Maharashtra    | Pune City including Pimpri Chinchwad along with adjoining contiguous areas of Hinjewadi, Chakan &                          | Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited                                                         | 10,26,641                         | 193                               |

|           |                     | Talegaon GA                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                |          |       |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-------|
|           |                     | Mumbai & Greater Mumbai                                                                                                                                             | Mahanagar Gas Limited                                                          |          |       |
|           |                     | adjoining contiguous areas including Mira Bhayender, Navi Mumbai, Thane City, Ambernath, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Dombivli, Badlapur, Ulhasnagar, Panvel, Kharghar &Taloja | Mahanagar Gas Limited                                                          |          |       |
|           |                     | Thane                                                                                                                                                               | Gujarat Gas Limited (JV of GSPC Gas Company Limited & Gujarat Gas Company Ltd) |          |       |
| 8         | New Delhi           | National Capital Territory of Delhi (Including Noida & Ghaziabad)                                                                                                   | Indraprastha Gas Limited                                                       | 7,51,970 | 1,003 |
| 9         | Rajasthan           | Kota                                                                                                                                                                | Gail Gas Limited                                                               | 187      | 15    |
| 10        | Tripura             | Agartala                                                                                                                                                            | Tripura Natural Gas Company Limited                                            | 29,736   | 50    |
| 11        | Karnataka           | Bengaluru                                                                                                                                                           | Gail Gas Limited                                                               | 2,842    | 9     |
| 12        | Chandigarh          | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                          | Indian Oil - Adani Gas                                                         | 3,529    | 0     |
| 13        | Kerala              | Ernakulam                                                                                                                                                           | Indian Oil - Adani Gas                                                         | 595      | 0     |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Meerut                                                                                                                                                              | Gail Gas Limited                                                               | 53,830   | 494   |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Mathura                                                                                                                                                             | Sanwariya Gas                                                                  |          |       |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Agra                                                                                                                                                                | Green Gas Limited                                                              |          |       |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Kanpur                                                                                                                                                              | Central U.P. Gas Limited                                                       |          |       |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Bareilly                                                                                                                                                            | Central U.P. Gas Limited                                                       |          |       |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Lucknow                                                                                                                                                             | Green Gas Limited                                                              |          |       |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Moradabad                                                                                                                                                           | Siti Energy Limited                                                            |          |       |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Agra, Firozabad                                                                                                                                                     | Gail Gas Limited                                                               |          |       |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Khurja                                                                                                                                                              | Adani Gas Limited                                                              |          |       |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh       | Divyapur                                                                                                                                                            | Gail Gas Limited                                                               |          |       |
| 13        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                 | Gujarat Gas Ltd.                                                               | 92       | 3     |
| 36,57,650 | 36,57,650           | 36,57,650                                                                                                                                                           | 36,57,650                                                                      |          | 6,875 |

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