Lok Sabha Question No. 526 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-06
Subject: Piped Cooking Gas in Sangrur District
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 526 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## Piped Cooking Gas in Sangrur District

526. SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER:

पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

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

- (a) the current number of households supplied with piped cooking gas in each State;
- (b) the time by which the piped cooking gas would reach to hundred percent of thehouseholdsin Sangrur city;
- (c) the time by which the piped cooking gas would be supplied in the towns viz. Barnala,Dhuri, Lehragaga, Sunam, Bhawanigarh, Dirba, Khanauri, Longowal, Cheema and Moonak;and
- (d) whether the Government has set any timeline for the same, if so, the details thereof and ifnot, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũालय मŐ राǛमंũी ( ŵी सुरे श गोपी )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

- (a)  Providing  Piped  Natural  Gas  (PNG)  connections  is  part  of  the  development  of  City  Gas Distribution (CGD) Network, which inter alia include creation of pipeline infrastructure and other facilities  for  the  supply  of  PNG  to  domestic,  commercial  and  industrial  units  and  Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to the transport sector through CNG stations, is being carried out by the entities authorized  by  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Board  (PNGRB).  The  state  wise  details  of  domestic Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections as on 30.11.2024 are at Annexure-I.
- (b) to (d)Geographical Area (GA)comprising SAS Nagar district (except area already authorized), Patiala  &  Sangrur  Districts  covering  Dhuri,  Lehragaga,  Sunam,  Bhawanigarh,  Dirba,  Khanauri, Longowal, Cheema, and Moonak has been authorized to Torrent Gas Limited for development of CGD network. As per the Minimum Work Program (MWP), CGD entity has committed to provide around 5,20,200 PNG (Domestic) connections in the GA by 2028. As on 30.11.2024, the authorised entity  has  provided  8,514  PNG  (Domestic)  connections  against  the  pro-rata  MWP  target  of 1,64,730 PNG (Domestic) connections in the GA.

GAcomprising Ludhiana District (except area already authorized), Barnala & Moga Districts has been authorized to Think Gas Ludhiana Private Limited for the development of CGD network. As per the MWP, CGD entity has committed to provide 4,51,317 Domestic PNG connections in the GA  by  2028.As  on  30.11.2024,  the  authorised  entity  has  provided  16,171PNG  (Domestic) connections against the pro-rata MWP target of 1,31,634PNG (Domestic) connections in the GA.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 526 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2025 REGARDING PIPED COOKING GAS IN SANGRUR DISTRICT.

State/UT-wise details of domestic Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections as on 30.11.2024

| S. No.   | State/UT                        | PNG Domestic Connections (Nos.)   |
|----------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                  | 282,665                           |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh               | 0                                 |
| 3.       | Assam                           | 64,972                            |
| 4.       | Bihar                           | 200,325                           |
| 5.       | Chandigarh                      | 28,731                            |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                    | 6,663                             |
| 7.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu | 18,474                            |
| 8.       | Delhi                           | 1,650,646                         |
| 9.       | Goa                             | 16,547                            |
| 10.      | Gujarat                         | 3,471,692                         |
| 11.      | Haryana                         | 443,466                           |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh                | 8,487                             |
| 13.      | Jharkhand                       | 143,989                           |
| 14.      | Karnataka                       | 480,098                           |
| 15.      | Kerala                          | 120,717                           |
| 16.      | UT of Ladakh                    | 0                                 |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh                  | 256,237                           |
| 18.      | Maharashtra                     | 3,917,096                         |
| 19.      | Manipur                         | 0                                 |
| 20.      | Meghalaya                       | 0                                 |
| 21.      | Mizoram                         | 0                                 |
| 22.      | Nagaland                        | 0                                 |
| 23.      | Odisha                          | 133,887                           |
| 24.      | Puducherry                      | 0                                 |
| 25.      | Punjab                          | 101,112                           |
| 26.      | UT of J& K                      | 0                                 |
| 27.      | Rajasthan                       | 374,554                           |
| 28.      | Sikkim                          | 0                                 |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu                      | 56,286                            |
| 30.      | Telangana                       | 219,299                           |
| 31.      | Tripura                         | 64,104                            |
| 32.      | Uttar Pradesh                   | 1,772,688                         |
| 33.      | Uttarakhand                     | 85,602                            |
| 34.      | West Bengal                     | 52,399                            |
| Total    | Total                           | 13,970,736                        |

(Source: PNGRB)

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