Lok Sabha Question No. 25 (STARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: CNG Filling Stations
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 25 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019 CNG Filling Stations

## *25. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Government  has  proposed  to  open  more  CNG  filling  stations  in  the  country, particularly in Mumbai;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof including the number of such stations, city-wise;
- (c) whether the number of CNG filling stations is very few in comparison to CNG vehicles, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to increase the CNG filling stations during the next five years and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.*25  ASKED  BY  SHRI  MANOJ  KOTAK,  M.P.  TO  BE ANSWERED ON JUNE 24, 2019.

(a)  to  (d)  Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  is  the  authority  to  grant authorization  to  the  entities  for  the  development  of  City  Gas  Distribution  (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. Establishment of CNG stations is part of development of CGD Network. So far PNGRB has authorized 228 GAs for development of CGD network across country including Mumbai up to 10 th  CGD Bidding Round. As on May, 2019, 135 CNG stations are operational in Mumbai. With regard to proposed plan of Government to increase the number of CNG filling stations, it is informed that CGD entities have made commitment of total 8,181 CNG stations in next 8 years. The details of CNG Stations as per work plan submitted by CGD entities to PNGRB during 9 th and 10 th  CGD Bidding Round number of CNG stations is given in Annexure. As per information provided by PNGRB, as on 31.03.2019, there are total 1742 CNG stations for supplying CNG to 28,86,027 vehicles in the country.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.25 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019 REGARDING CNG FILLING STATIONS

|   Sl No . | State/Union Territories                | GAs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |   No. of GAs authorized |   Work programme /CNG Stations |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                         | Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam &Vizianagaram Districts Anantapur and YSR (Kadapa) Districts Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District                                                                                                                                                                                               |                       3 |                            426 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu | Chittoor, Kolar and Vellore Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                       1 |                            251 |
|         3 | Assam                                  | Cachar, Hailakandi &Karimganj Districts Kamrup &Kamrup Metropolitan Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                       2 |                             72 |
|         4 | Bihar                                  | Aurangabad, Kaimur& Rohtas Districts Begusarai District Gaya& Nalanda Districts Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Kishanganj Districts Arwal, Jehanabad, Bhojpur and Buxar Districts Khagaria, Saharsa and Madhepura Districts Lakhisarai, Munger and Bhagalpur Districts Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Saran and Samastipur Districts |                       8 |                            459 |
|         5 | Bihar & Jharkhand                      | Nawada and Koderma Districts Sheikhpura, Jamui and Deoghar Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                       2 |                             37 |
|         6 | Daman and Diu &Gujarat                 | Diu &Gir Somnath Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                       1 |                             35 |
|         7 | Gujarat                                | Surendranagar District (Except areas already authorized) Barwala& Ranpur Talukas                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                       7 |                            140 |

|    |                            | Navsari District (Except areas already authorized), Surat District (Except areas already authorized), Tapi District (Except areas already authorized) &the Dangs District Junagadh District Kheda District (Except areas already authorized), Morbi District (Except areas already authorized) &Mahisagar District Narmada (Rajpipla) District Porbandar District   |    |     |
|----|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|-----|
|  8 | Haryana & Himachal Pradesh | Panchkula District (Except areas already authorized), Sirmaur, Shimla &Solan (Except areas already authorized) Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |  1 |  45 |
|  9 | Haryana & Punjab           | Sirsa, Fatehabad and Mansa (Punjab) Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |  1 |  54 |
| 10 | Haryana                    | Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri &Mahendragarh Districts Hisar District Jhajjar District Sonipat District (Except areas already authorized)& Jind District Nuh &Palwal Districts Kaithal District                                                                                                                                                                             |  6 | 277 |
| 11 | Himachal Pradesh           | Bilaspur, Hamirpur &Una Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  1 |  10 |
| 12 | Jharkhand                  | Bokaro, Hazaribagh &Ramgarh Districts Giridih &Dhanbad Districts Chatra and Palamu Districts Seraikela-Kharsawan District West Singhbhum District                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  5 | 179 |
| 13 | Karnataka                  | Chitradurga &Davanagere Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 11 | 812 |

|    |                    | Ballari &Gadag Districts Bidar District Dakshina Kannada District Ramanagara District Bagalkot, Koppal and Raichur Districts Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Kodagu Districts Kalaburagi and Vijayapura Districts Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar Districts Uttara Kannada, Haveri and Shivamogga Districts   |    |     |
|----|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|-----|
| 14 | Kerala             | Kozhikode &Wayanad Districts Malappuram District Palakkad &Thrissur Districts Alapuzzha, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram Districts                                                                                                                                                                           |  4 | 763 |
| 15 | Kerala& Puducherry | Kannur, Kasaragod &Mahe Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  1 | 125 |
| 16 | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal &Rajgarh Districts Guna District Rewa District Satna &Shandol Districts Ashoknagar District Gwalior (Except already authorized) District and Sheopur District Morena District Raisen, Shajapur and Sehore Districts Shivpuri District Sidhi and Singrauli Districts                                 | 11 | 309 |

|    |                               | Ujjain (Except area already authorized) District, Dewas (Except area already authorized) District and Indore (Except area already authorized) District                                                                                             |    |     |
|----|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|-----|
| 17 | Madhya Pradesh &Chattisgargh  | Anuppur, Bilaspur and Korba Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                              |  1 |  20 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh &Rajasthan     | Jhabua, Banswara, Ratlam and Dungarpur Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  1 |  54 |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh &Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi (Except area already authorized) District, Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Districts                                                                                                                                                      |  1 |  29 |
| 20 | Maharashtra                   | Ahmednagar & Aurangabad Districts Latur &Osmanabad Districts Sangli &Satara Districts Sindhudurg District                                                                                                                                          |  4 | 225 |
| 21 | Maharashtra& Gujarat          | Valsad (Except areas already authorized), Dhule& Nashik Districts                                                                                                                                                                                  |  1 | 156 |
| 22 | Odisha                        | Angul &Dhekanal Districts Sundargarh &Jharsuguda Districts Balasore, Bhadrak &Mayurbhanj Districts Bargarh, Debagarh &Sambalpur Districts Ganjam, Nayagarh &Puri Districts Jagatsinghpur &Kendrapara Districts Jajpur &Kendujhar Districts         |  7 | 116 |
| 23 | Puducherry& Tamil Nadu        | Karaikal &Nagapattinam Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  1 |  27 |
| 24 | Puducherry                    | Puducherry District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |  1 | 130 |
| 25 | Punjab                        | SAS Nagar District (Except areas already authorized), Patiala &Sangrur Districts Ludhiana District (Except area already authorized), Barnala &Moga Districts Jalandhar District (Except areas already authorized), Kapurthala &SBS Nagar Districts |  5 | 278 |

|    |            | Ferozepur, Faridkot and Sri Muktsar Sahib Districts Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |    |     |
|----|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|-----|
| 26 | Rajasthan  | Barmer, Jaisalmer &Jodhpur Districts Alwar (Other than Bhiwadi) &Jaipur Districts Kota District (Except area already authorized), Baran& Chittorgarh (Only Rawatbhata Taluka) Districts Bhilwara &Bundi Districts Chittorgarh (Other than Rawatbhata Taluka) &Udaipur Districts Dholpur District Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand Districts    |  8 | 576 |
| 27 | Tamil Nadu | Kanchipuram District Chennai &Tiruvallur Districts Coimbatore District Cuddalore, Nagapattinam &Tiruvarur Districts Ramanathapuram District Salem District Tiruppur District                                                                                                                                                            |  7 | 890 |
| 28 | Telangana  | Bhadradri Kothagudem &Khamman Districts Jagtial, Peddapalli, Karimnagar &Rajanna Sircilla Districts Jangaon, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mahabubabad, Warangal Urban &Warangal Rural Districts Medak, Siddipet &Sangareddy Districts Medchal-Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy &Vikarabad Districts Nalgonda Suryapet &Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Districts |  6 | 268 |
| 29 | Tripura    | Gomati District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |  2 |  12 |

|    |                            | West Tripura (Except areas already authorized) District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |    |     |
|----|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|-----|
| 30 | Uttar Pradesh              | 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 | 19 | 785 |
| 31 | Uttar Pradesh& Uttarakhand | Bijnor and Nainital Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |  1 |  91 |
| 32 | Uttarakhand                | Dehradun District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  1 |  50 |
| 33 | West Bengal                | Burdwan District Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Uttar Dinajpur Districts Howrah (Except Area already authorized) District and Hoogly (Except Area already authorized) District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  5 | 480 |

|       | Nadia (Except Area already authorized) District and North 24 Parganas (Except Area already authorized) District South 24 Parganas (Except Area already authorized) District   |     |      |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|------|
| Total | Total                                                                                                                                                                         | 136 | 8181 |