Lok Sabha Question No. 714 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Development of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Jagannath Sarkar

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 714

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH DECEMBER, 2023

## Development of Natural Gas Infrastructure

## 714. SHRI JAGANNATH SARKAR:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

(a)the details on the development of natural gas infrastructure in the country, particularly in the State of West Bengal, including pipelines and distribution networks during the last four years and the current year;

(b)whether  there  are  plans  for  expanding  the  availability  of  natural  gas  for  domestic,  industrial  and commercial use; and

(c)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म रायमंी ( ी रामेवरतेल )

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

(a) to (c) Providing Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections and establishment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station are 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). After completion  of  11A  CGD  bidding  round,,  PNGRB  has  authorized  300  Geographical  Areas  (GAs) (including 10 GAs in the state of West Bengal) covering about 98% of the population and 88% of total geographical area of the country spread over around 630 districts in 28 states/UTs including the state of West Bengal for development of CGD network across the country. Progress of CGD network including pipeline during the last four years in the state of West Bengal is as under:

| As on      |   PNG Domestic (Nos.) |   CNG Stations (Nos.) |   Pipeline (Inch-Km) |
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| 31.03.2020 |                     0 |                     0 |                    0 |
| 31.03.2021 |                     0 |                    15 |                   96 |
| 31.03.2022 |                     0 |                    37 |                  320 |
| 31.03.2023 |                   260 |                    68 |                 1702 |

Laying of natural gas pipelines is done by entities authorised by PNGRB. As on date, following three pipelines have been authorised by PNGRB which pass through the state of West Bengal out of which one pipeline is partially commissioned and two pipelines are under construction. Details are at Annexure-I.

Further,  PNGRB  has  launched  12 th and  12A  CGD  bidding  rounds  covering  the  states  of  Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Manipur and remaining parts of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir and entire UT of Ladakh.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  714  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  07.12.2023  REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE.

## Under construction natural gas pipeline passing through the state of West Bengal

| Name of Natural Gas Pipeline          | Authorised Entity   | Date of Authorization   | Authorized Length (KM)   |   Authorized Capacity (MMSCMD) | Target date of completion   | States from which pipeline passes                                                             |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| North- East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid | IGGL                | 17.11.2020              | 1,656                    |                           4.75 | March 2025                  | Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya& Sikkim, West Bengal |
| Kanai - Chhata - Panitar              | HPPL                | 08.07.2019              | 317                      |                          19.2  | May 2023                    | West Bengal                                                                                   |

## Partially commissioned natural gas pipeline passing through the state of West Bengal

| Name of Natural Gas Pipeline                                 | Authorise d Entity   | Date of Authorizatio n   | Authorize d Length (KM)   |   Authorized Capacity (MMSCMD) |   Operatin g Length (KM) |   Under Const. Length (KM) | Target date of completio n   | States from which pipeline passes                            |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jagdishpur- Haldia- BokaroDhamra -Paradip- Barauni- Guwahati | GAIL                 | 29.01.2018               | 3,546                     |                             23 |                  2922.77 |                     623.23 | Decemb er 2023               | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand , West Bengal, Odisha, Assam |

Source: PNGRB