Lok Sabha Question No. 853 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Expansion of CNG Netwrok
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 853

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  December, 2021

## Expansion of CNG Network

## 853.   SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether the Government has fixed target to expand CNG network in all the States and districts across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district and State-wise;
- (c) the details of the proposed number of CNG pumps in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts of Rajasthan; and
- (d) the time by which pipeline works in these districts are likely to be completed?

## 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) & (b) 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 is the authority to grant authorization to the entities for developing of CGD network in Geographical Areas (GAs) as per PNGRB Act, 2006.    As  on  date  232  GAs  covering  407  districts  spread  over  27  States/UTs  have  been authorized for the development of CGD networks.  The details of the authorized GAs along with Minimum Work Program (MWP) targets for setting up of CNG stations are given in Annexure.
- (c) & (d) PNGRB has not authorized Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts of Rajasthan to any entity yet. However, these districts have been included in the list of GAs identified for the 11 th CGD bidding round, launched on 17.09.2021. The MWP targets are assigned based on the numbers quoted by the successful bidder. The completion schedule for achievement of MWP targets in the GAs is 8 years from the date of authorization of the GAs.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 853 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021 REGARDING EXPANSION OF CNG NETWORK.

## Details of CNG stations in the country

|   Sl. No. | State                                                 | Geographical Areas/CGD Networks                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | MWPtargets for CNG stations (Nos.)   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                                        | Kakinada, East Godavari District (excluding area already authorized), West Godavari District, Krishna District (excluding area already authorized), Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram Districts, Vijayawada, Anantapur and YSR (Kadapa) Districts, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District                                                                                                                                    | 435                                  |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh Karnataka& Tamil Nadu                  | Chittoor, Kolar and Vellore Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 251                                  |
|         3 | Assam                                                 | Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj Districts, Kamrup& Kamrup Metropolitan Districts, Uppar Assam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 72                                   |
|         4 | Bihar                                                 | Aurangabad, Kaimur and Rahtas Districts, Begusarai District, Gaya and Nalanda Districts, Patna District, 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 Samastipur Districts                                                                                  | 259                                  |
|         5 | Bihar and Jharkhand                                   | Nawada and Koderma Districts, Sheikhpura, Jamui and Deoghar Disrticts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 37                                   |
|         6 | Chandigarh (UT), Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | -                                    |
|         7 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli (UT)                           | UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | -                                    |
|         8 | Daman and Diu (UT)                                    | UT of Daman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | -                                    |
|         9 | Daman and Diu and Gujarat                             | Diu and Gir Somnath Distrists                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 35                                   |
|        10 | Goa                                                   | North Goa District, South Goa District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | -                                    |
|        11 | Gujarat                                               | Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Kutch (West), Kutch (East), Amreli District, Patan District, Dahej Vagra Taluka, Dahod District, Banaskantha District, Anand District (excluding area already authorized), Panchmahal District, Ahmedabad District (excluding area already authorized), Surendranagar District (excluding area already authorized) and Morbi District (excluding area already authorized), Barwala and Ranpur Talukas, Navsari | 140                                  |

|    |                              | District (excluding area already authorized), Surat District (excluding area already authorized), Tapi District (excluding area already authorized), and the Dangs District, Junagadh District, Kheda District (excluding area already authorized) Mahisagar District, Narmada (Rajpipla) District, Porbandar District, Surat, Bharuch, Ankleshwar, Nadiad, Navsari, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Ahmedabad City and Daskroi Area, Hazira, Valsad, Anand area including Kanjari and Vadtal Villages ( in Kheda District), Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Vadodra   |     |
|----|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 12 | Haryana                      | Sonipat, Panipat District, Yamunanagar District, Rewari District, Rohtak District, Karnal District, Ambala and Kurukshetra Districts, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri and Mehendragarh Districts, Hisar District, Jhajjar District Sonipat Disrtict (excluding area already authorized) and Jind District, Nuh and Palwal District, Kaithal District. Faridabad, Guragram District                                                                                                                                                                                        | 280 |
| 13 | Haryana and Himachal Pradesh | Panchkula District(excluding area already authorized), Sirmaur, Shimla and Solan (excluding area already authorized) District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |  45 |
| 14 | Haryana and Punjab           | Sirsa, Fatehabad and Mansa Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  54 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh             | Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Una District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |  10 |
| 16 | Jharkhand                    | East Singhbhum District, Ranchi District, Bokaro, Hazaribagh and Ramgarh Districts, Giridih and Dhanbad Districts, Chatra and Palamu Districts, Saraikela- Kharsawan District, West Singhbhum District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 179 |
| 17 | Karnataka                    | Bengaluru Rural and Urban Districts, Tumkur District, Dharwad District, Belgum District, Chitradurga and Davanagere Districts, Udupi District, Ballari And Gadag Districts, Bidar District, Dakshina Kannada District, Ramanagara District, Bagalkot, Koppal and Raichur Districts, Chikkamaguluru, Hassan and Kodagu Districts, Kalaburagi and Vijayapura Districts, Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar Districts, Uttara Kannada, Haveri and Shivamogga Districts                                                                                               | 812 |
| 18 | Kerala                       | Ernakulam District, Kozhikode and Wayanad Districts, Malappuram District, Palakkad and Thrissur Districts, Alapuzzha, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 291 |
| 19 | Kerala and Puducherry        | Kannur, Kasaragod and Mahe Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 125 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh               | Dewas, Dhar District, Bhopal and Rajgarh Districts, Guna District, Rewa District, Satna and Shahdol Districts, Indore (including Ujjain City), Gwalior, Ashoknagar District, Gwalior (excluding area already authorized) District and Sheopur District, Morena District, Raisen, Shajapur and Sehore Districts, Shivpuri District, Sidhi and Singrauli Districts, Ujjain (excluding area already authorized), Dewas (excluding area already authorized), Indore (excluding area already authorized) Districts                                                    | 311 |

|   21. | Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh   | Anuppur, Bilaspur and Korba Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 20   |
|-------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|
|    22 | Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan      | Jhabua, Banswara, Ratlam and Dungarpur Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 54   |
|    23 | Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh  | Jhansi (excluding area already authorized), Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 29   |
|    24 | Maharashtra                       | Palghar District and Thane Rural, Raigarh District (excluding area already authorized), Pune District(excluding area already authorized), Ratnagiri District, Solapur District, Kolhapur District, Ahmednagar and Aurangabad Districts, Valsad (excluding area already authorized), Dhule and Nashik Districts, Latur and Osmanabad Districts, Sangli and Satara Districts, Sindhudurg District, Mumbai and Greater Mumbai, Pune City Including Pimpri-Chinchwad and Adjoining Contigeneous areas Hinjewadi, Chakan, Talegaon, Thane urban and adjoining Municipalities | 225  |
|    25 | Maharashtra and Gujarat           | Valsad (EAAA), Dhule and Nashik Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 156  |
|    26 | NCT of Delhi                      | National Capital Territory of Delhi (UT)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | -    |
|    27 | Odisha                            | Angul and Dhekanal Districts, Sundargarh and Jharsuguda Districts, Balasore, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj Districts, Bargarh, Debagarh and Sambalpur Districts, Ganjam, Nayagarh and Puri Districts, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara Districts, Jajpur and Kendujhar Districts, Khordha District, Cuttack District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 116  |
|    28 | Puducherry                        | Puducherry District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 130  |
|    29 | Puducherry and Tamil Nadu         | Karaikal and Nagapattinam Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 27   |
|    30 | Punjab                            | Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar District, Bhatinda District, Rupnagar District, Fatehgarh Sahib District, SAS Nagar District(excluding area already authorized), Patiala and Sangrur Districts, Ludhiana District(excluding area already authorized), Barnala and Moga Districts, Jalandhar District (excluding area already authorized), Kapurthala and SBS Nagar Districts, Ferozepur, Faridkot and Sri Muktsar Sahib Districts, Hoshiarpur and                                                                                                                         | 278  |
|    31 | Rajasthan                         | Gurdaspur Districts Kota, Barmer, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur Districts, Alwar (other than Bhiwadi) and Chittorgarh (only Rawatbhata Taluka) Districts, Bhilwara and Bundi Districts, Chittorgarh (other than Rawatbhata Taluka) and Udaipur Districts, Dholpur District, Bhiwadi (in Alwar District), Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand Districts, Jalore and Sirohi Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 582  |
|    32 | Tamil Nadu                        | Kanchipuram District, Chennai and Tiruvallur Districts, Coimbatore District, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur Districts, Ramanathapuram District, Salem District, Tiruppur District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 890  |

|   33. | Telangana                    | Bhadradri Kothagudem and Khamman Distrits, Jagtial, Peddapalli, Karimnagar and Rajanna Sircilla Districts, Jangaon, Jayashankar, Bhupalpally, Mahabubabad, Warangal Urban and Warangal Rural Districts, Medak, Siddipet and Sangareddy Districts, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy and Vikarabad Districts, Nalgonda Suryapet and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Districts, Hyderabad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 298   |
|-------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|    34 | Tripura                      | Gomati District, West Tripura (excluding area already authorized) District, Agartala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 12    |
|    35 | Uttar Pradesh                | Mathura, Meerut, Allahabad, Jhansi, Saharanpur District, Bulandshahr (part) District, Bagpat District, Bulandshahr District (excluding area already authorized), Aligarh and Hathras Districts, Allahabad District (excluding area already authorized), Bhadohi and Kaushambi Districts, Amethi, Pratapgarh and Raebareli Districts, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat and Etawah Districts, Faizabad and Sultanpur Districts, Gorakhpur, Sant kabir Nagar and Kushinagar Districts, Meerut District(excluding area already authorized), Muzaffarnagar and Shamli Districts, Moradabad (excluding area already authorized) District, Unnao (excluding area already authorized) District, Varanasi District, Khurja, Moradabad, Bareilly, Kanpur Agra, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Hapur Districts, Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia Districts, Bareilly (excluding area already authorized) District, Pilibhit and Rampur Districts, Basti and Ambedkar Districts, Farrukhabad, Etah and Hardoi Districts, Gonda and Barabanki Districts, Jaunpur and Ghazipur Districts, Kanpur (excluding area already authorized) District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts, Mainpuri and Kannauj Districts, Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra Districts Shahjahanpur and Badaun Districts, Gautam Budh Nagar District. | 795   |
|    36 | Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan  | Firozabad (Taj Trapezium Zone)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | -     |
|    37 | Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand | Bijnor and Nainital Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 91    |
|    38 | Uttrakhand                   | Dehradun District, Udham Singh Nagar District, Haridwar District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 50    |
|    39 | West Bengal                  | Burdwan District, Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Parts of Adjoining Districts, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Uttar Dinajpur Districts, Howrah (excluding area already authorized) District and Hoogly (excluding area already authorized)District, Nadia (excluding area already authorized) District and North 24 Parganas (excluding area already authorized) District, South 24 Parganas (excluding area already authorized) District.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 480   |