Lok Sabha Question No. 1263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Natural Gas Pipeline Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Tapir Gao

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1263

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th JULY, 2023

## Natural Gas Pipeline Network

## 1263. SHRI TAPIR GAO:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  proposed  to  set  up  33  thousand  kilometers  of  natural  gas pipeline network under One Nation One Gas Grid Scheme;
- (b) if so, the details and the objectives thereof;
- (c) the time by which it is likely to be completed; and
- (d) the cities where Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) facilities are available in the country, Statewise?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

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

- (a) to (c) With the aim to increase the share of natural gas in the Primary Energy mix, there is focus on developing the Natural Gas infrastructure in the country and to implement 'One Nation One Gas Grid'. Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the body to authorize the development of pipelines and 33,592 km Natural Gas Pipeline network has been authorized across  the  country.  Out  of  this,  23,173  km  Natural  Gas  Pipelines  including  spur  lines,  tie-in connectivity, Sub-Transmission Pipelines (STPL) and dedicated pipelines are already operational and a total of 12,206 km length of pipelines is under various stages of construction. Details of under construction common carrier natural gas pipelinesare at Annexure-I .
- (d) Establishment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations is part of development of City Gas  Distribution  (CGD)  networks  which  is  being  carried  out  by  the  entities  authorized  by Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB).  As  on  date,  there  are  5,767  CNG stations. The State-wise details of CNG stations are at Annexure-II .

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1263 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2023 REGARDING NATURAL GAS PIPELINE NETWORK

## Under Construction Common Carrier Natural Gas Pipelines

(As on 31.03.2023)

|   S. No. | Name of Natural Gas Pipelines        | Name of Authorized Entity   | Target date of Completion                  | States from which Pipeline passes                                                              |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Kakinada - Vizag - Srikakulam        | APGDC                       | June 2024                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                 |
|        2 | Ennore-Nellore                       | GITL                        | April 2020/ presently matter is subjudice. | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu                                                                     |
|        3 | Kakinada- Vijayawada- Nellore        | IMC                         | March 2024                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                 |
|        4 | North-East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid | IGGL                        | March 2024                                 | Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya & Sikkim, West Bengal |
|        5 | Kanai - Chhata - Panitar             | HPPL                        | September 2023                             | West Bengal                                                                                    |
|        6 | Srikakulam- Angul                    | GAIL                        | July 2023                                  | Andhra Pradesh, Odisha                                                                         |
|        7 | Mumbai-Nagpur- Jharsuguda            | GAIL                        | Extension sought till 30.10.2024           | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha                                           |
|        8 | Jamnagar to Dwarka (Gujarat)         | GSPL                        | August 2024                                | Gujarat                                                                                        |
|        9 | Hazaribagh- Ranchi                   | IOCL                        | February 2026                              | Jharkhand                                                                                      |

Source: PNGRB

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1263  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  27.07.2023  REGARDING  NATURAL GAS PIPELINE NETWORK

## State-wise CNG stations in the country.

(As on May, 2023)

| S.No.   | States/UT                             | No. of CNG Stations   |
|---------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh                        | 176                   |
| 2.      | Assam                                 | 5                     |
| 3.      | Bihar                                 | 108                   |
| 4.      | Chandigarh                            | 8                     |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh                          | 9                     |
| 6.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 13                    |
| 7.      | Delhi                                 | 480                   |
| 8.      | Goa                                   | 12                    |
| 9.      | Gujarat                               | 1011                  |
| 10.     | Haryana                               | 374                   |
| 11.     | Himachal Pradesh                      | 10                    |
| 12.     | Jharkhand                             | 79                    |
| 13.     | Karnataka                             | 312                   |
| 14.     | Kerala                                | 116                   |
| 15.     | Madhya Pradesh                        | 270                   |
| 16.     | Maharashtra                           | 819                   |
| 17.     | Odisha                                | 67                    |
| 18.     | Puducherry                            | 5                     |
| 19.     | Punjab                                | 232                   |
| 20.     | Rajasthan                             | 284                   |
| 21.     | Tamil Nadu                            | 218                   |
| 22.     | Telangana                             | 157                   |
| 23.     | Tripura                               | 18                    |
| 24.     | Uttar Pradesh                         | 874                   |
| 25.     | Uttarakhand                           | 38                    |
| 26.     | West Bengal                           | 72                    |
| 27.     | Kerala                                | 116                   |
|         | Total                                 | 5,767                 |

Source: PNGRB