Lok Sabha Question No. 2143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: City Gas Distribution projects in UP
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Kamlesh  Paswan, Ajay Kumar Mandal

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2143

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  August, 2021

## City Gas Distribution projects in UP

## 2143.   SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN: SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  the cities of Uttar Pradesh which have been selected for the City Gas Distribution (CGD);
- (b) the areas in those cities where the distribution of gas has been started through pipes and the areas where the work related to infrastructural development is still in progress;
- (c)  whether the Government is formulating any plan for CGD in other cities of Uttar Pradesh as well and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether there is any plan to provide Pipe Natural Gas (PNG) connection to all under city gas distribution in Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituency including Bhagalpur District and if so, the details thereof; and

(e)  whether any agency has been deployed for the implementation of this scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेर तेली )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)  to  (c) Establishment of CNG Stations is part of the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network and the same is carried out by the entities authorized by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). PNGRB identifies Geographical Areas (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 have been authorized for the development of CGD networks.   List  of  GAs  in  Uttar  Pradesh  authorized  by  PNGRB  is  at  Annexure.  Planning  and implementation  of  expansion  of  CGD  network  is  done  by  PNGRB  based  on  availability  of natural gas pipeline/source and techno-commercial viability.

(d) and (e) PNGRB has authorized Bhagalpur District  to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) as a part of Lakhisarai, Munger and Bhagalpur Districts GA for development of CGD network.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2143  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  2 ND AUGUST,  2021 REGARDING CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION PROJECT IN UP.

## List of Geographical Areas in Uttar Pradesh.

|   Sl No. | State/UT                       | Geographical Areas                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Uttar Pradesh                  | Mathura, Meerut, Allahabad, Jhansi, Saharanpur district, Bulandshahr (part) district, Baghpat 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, Varanasi district, Khurja, Moradabad, Bareilly, Kanpur, Agra, Lucknow, Ghaziabad & Hapur 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; Firozabad TTZ, Gautambudh Nagar, |
|        2 | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand    | Bijnor and Nainital Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|        3 | Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi (Except area already authorized) District, Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |