Lok Sabha Question No. 1986 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: CNG Stations
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1986

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## CNG Stations

1986.   SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether there is any proposal to increase thenumber of CNG stations across the country in view of the increasing number of CNG powered vehicles and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the number of CNG stations sanctioned inUttar Pradesh, district-wise; and
- (c)  whether there is any plan to set up CNGstations in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय म रायमंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

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

- (a)  Establishment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations is part of the development of City  Gas  Distribution  (CGD)  Network  and  the  same  is  being  carried  out  by  the  entities authorised by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) as per their Minimum Work  Programme  (MWP).  After  completion  of  11A  CGD  bidding  round,  PNGRB  has authorized 300 Geographical Areas (GAs) covering about 98% of the population and 88% of total geographical area of the country spread over around 630 districts in 28 states/UTs for the development of CGD network with MWP target of establishing 17,751 CNG stations across the country by 2032.
- (b) to (c) PNGRB has authorised 43 Geographical Areas (GAs) (including 1 GA spread over Madhya  Pradesh&Uttar  Pradesh,  1  GA  spread  over  Uttarakhand&  Uttar  Pradesh,  1  GA spread  over  Bihar  &  Uttar  Pradesh  and  1  GA  spread  over  Rajasthan  &  Uttar  Pradesh) covering all the districts in state of Uttar Pradesh and the authorised CGD entities are required to  establish  1649  CNG  stations  in  the  state  of  Uttar  Pradesh  by  2030.  GA-wise  details  of MWP target for establishing CNG stations in the state of Uttar Pradesh are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  REPLY TO PART (b)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1986 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2023 REGARDING CNG STATIONS

## GA-wise details of MWP target for establishing CNG stations in Uttar Pradesh

|   S. No. | Geographical Areas/CGD Networks                                                             | Total MWPtarget of CNG stations   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | Mathura                                                                                     | 5                                 |
|        2 | Meerut                                                                                      | 5                                 |
|        3 | Allahabad                                                                                   | NA                                |
|        4 | Jhansi                                                                                      | NA                                |
|        5 | Saharanpur District                                                                         | NA                                |
|        6 | Bulandshahr (part) District                                                                 | NA                                |
|        7 | Bagpat District                                                                             | NA                                |
|        8 | Bulandshahr District (EAAA), Aligarh &Hathras Districts                                     | 46                                |
|        9 | Allahabad District (EAAA), Bhadohi&Kaushambi Districts                                      | 24                                |
|       10 | Amethi, Pratapgarh&Raebareli Districts                                                      | 20                                |
|       11 | Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat&Etawah Districts                                                      | 27                                |
|       12 | Faizabad&Sultanpur Districts                                                                | 4                                 |
|       13 | Gorakhpur, SantKabir Nagar &Kushinagar Districts                                            | 36                                |
|       14 | Meerut District (EAAA), Muzaffarnagar&Shamli Districts                                      | 36                                |
|       15 | Moradabad (EAAA) District                                                                   | 27                                |
|       16 | Unnao (EAAA) District                                                                       | 2                                 |
|       17 | Jhansi (EAAA) District, Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Districts                         | 29                                |
|       18 | Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia Districts                                                          | 40                                |
|       19 | Bareilly (EAAA) District, Pilibhit and Rampur Districts                                     | 140                               |
|       20 | Basti and Ambedkarnagar Districts                                                           | 18                                |
|       21 | Farrukhabad, Etah and Hardoi Districts                                                      | 75                                |
|       22 | Gonda and Barabanki Districts                                                               | 36                                |
|       23 | Jaunpur and Ghazipur Districts                                                              | 38                                |
|       24 | Kanpur (EAAA) District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts                                     | 45                                |
|       25 | Mainpuri and Kannauj Districts                                                              | 45                                |
|       26 | Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra Districts                                                 | 51                                |
|       27 | Shahjahanpur and Budaun Districts                                                           | 75                                |
|       28 | Bijnor and Nainital Districts                                                               | 91                                |
|       29 | Gopalganj, Siwan, West Champaran, East Champaran and Deoria districts                       | 67                                |
|       30 | Amroha (except area already authorized) &Sambhal (except area already authorized) districts | 99                                |
|       31 | Kasganj district                                                                            | 45                                |

| 32    | Banda, Chitrakoot and Mahoba                                                                    | 102   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
| 33    | Varanasi District                                                                               | NA    |
| 34    | Khurja                                                                                          | NA    |
| 35    | Moradabad                                                                                       | NA    |
| 36    | Bareilly                                                                                        | NA    |
| 37    | Kanpur                                                                                          | NA    |
| 38    | Agra                                                                                            | NA    |
| 39    | Firozabad (Taj Trapezium Zone)                                                                  | NA    |
| 40    | Lucknow                                                                                         | NA    |
| 41    | Ghaziabad &Hapur Districts                                                                      | NA    |
| 42    | Noida (including Greater Noida)                                                                 | NA    |
| 43    | LakhimpurKheri, Sitapur, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar &Maharajganj districts | 421   |
| Total | Total                                                                                           | 1649  |

Source: PNGRB