Lok Sabha Question No. 1326 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Promotion of CNG and PNG
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1326 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020 Promotion of CNG and PNG

## 1326.   SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA: SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to promote the use of CNG and PNG to control pollution;
- (b) if so, the cities of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra which have been connected to CNG and PNG supply so far along with the cities proposed to be connected in the near future;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to connect Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh and Wardha and Amravati in Maharashtra with CNG and PNG supply by opening CNG and PNG stations there;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which it is likely to be done; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) : Government has taken a series of decisions to promote use of CNG and PNG.
- (b) to (e) : Development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks supports the availability and accessibility of natural gas in form of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to households, industrial uses and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for transportation uses. Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  is  the  authority  to  grant  authorization  to  the  entities  for developing  of  CGD  network  in  Geographical  Areas  (GAs)  as  per  PNGRB  Act,  2006. PNGRB identifies GAs for authorizing the development of CGD network in synchronization with the development of natural gas pipeline connectivity and natural gas availability.  About

232  GAs  covering  407  districts  spread  over  27  States/UTs  including  Uttar  Pradesh  and Maharashtra  have  been  allowed  for  the  development  of  CGD  networks.  Details  of  GAs authorized in the state of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are given at Annexure . Bharat Gas Resources  Limited  has  been  authorized  to  develop  CGD  network  in  Pratapgarh  district  in Uttar  Pradesh  as  part  of  Amethi,  Pratapgarh  and  Rai  Bareli  Districts  GA  in  year  2018. Wardha  and Amravati districts in the state of Maharashtra are to be covered in synchronization  with  the  development  of  natural  gas  pipeline  connectivity  and  natural  gas availability.

## Annexure

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1326 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020 REGARDING PROMOTION OF CNG AND PNG

## List of Geographical Areas covered till 10th CGD bidding round.

|   Sl No. | State/UT                      | Geographical Areas                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|----------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Maharashtra                   | Palgarh district & Thane Rural, Raigarh district (excluding area already authorized), Pune district (areas already authorized), Ratnagiri district, Solapur district, Kolhapur district, Mumbai and Greater Mumbai, Pune city including Pimpri-Chinchwad and adjoining contiguous areas Hinjewadi, Chakan, Talegaon, Thane (Urban and adjoining Municipalities), Ahmednagar & Aurangabad Districts; Latur & Osmanabad Districts; Sangli & Satara Districts; Sindhudurg District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        2 | Maharashtra& Gujarat          | Valsad (Except areas already authorized), Dhule & Nashik Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        3 | Uttar Pradesh                 | Mathura (part) district, Meerut (part) district, Allahabad (part) district, Jhansi (part) district, Saharanpur district, Bulandshahr (part) district, Baghpat district, Bareilly (part) district, Kanpur (part) district, Agra, Firozabad TTZ, Lucknow, Khurja, Moradabad (Part) district, Varanasi district, Gautambudh Nagar, Ghaziabad & Hapur District, Bulandshahr District (Except areas already authorized), Aligarh & Hathras Districts; Allahabad District (Except areas already authorized), Bhadohi & Kaushambi Districts; Amethi, Pratapgarh & Raebareli Districts; Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat & Etawah Districts; Faizabad & Sultanpur Districts; Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar & Kushinagar Districts; Meerut District (Except areas already authorized), Muzaffarnagar & Shamli Districts; Moradabad (Except areas already authorized) District; Unnao (Except areas already authorized) District: Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia Districts; Bareilly (Except area already authorized) District, Pilibhit and Rampur Districts; Basti and Ambedkarnagar Districts; Farrukhabad, Etah and Hardoi Districts; Gonda and Barabanki Districts; Jaunpur and Ghazipur Districts ; Kanpur (Except area already authorized) District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts; Mainpuri and Kannauj Districts, Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra Districts; Shahjahanpur and Budaun Districts; |
|        4 | Uttar Pradesh& Uttarakhand    | Bijnor and Nainital Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh& Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi (Except area already authorized) District, Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |