Lok Sabha Question No. 1862 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: City Gas Distribution Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Neeraj Maurya

## CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

†1862. SHRI NEERAJ MAURYA:

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

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

- (a) the percentage of the total area of Uttar Pradesh covered by the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network  under  the  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  along  with  the district-wise details of the authorized area especially with reference to the districts in the Aonla Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) the  details  of  the  total  length  of  the  gas  pipeline  network  currently  operational  and  under construction in the State, district-wise; and
- (c) the  names  of  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh  still  deprived  of  PNG  network  along  with  the  reasons therefor and the steps being taken by the Government to expand PNG network in these areas?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a) to (c) Providing Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections, establishment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)  stations  and  laying  of  pipeline  infrastructure  are  part  of  the  development  of  City  Gas Distribution (CGD) Network, which is carried out by the entities authorized by Petroleum and Natural Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  as  per  their  Minimum  Work  Programme  (MWP)  and  technocommercial  feasibility.  After  completion  of  12/12A  CGD  bidding  round,  PNGRB  has  authorized entities for the development of CGD network in 307 Geographical Areas (GAs), covering the entire mainland area (including the state of Uttar Pradesh) for the development of CGD network across the country.

PNGRB  has  authorized  43  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  the  entire  State  of  Uttar  Pradeshfor  the development of CGD network. As per MWP targets, authorised entities have to provide 1,15,30,939 PNG domestic (PNG (D)) connections and lay 52,548 inch-km pipeline infrastructure by 2031 in the State  of  Uttar  Pradesh.  As  on  30.09.2025  the  authorized  entities  have  provided  20,89,841PNG  (D) connections and laid 1,01,363 inch-km pipeline infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh. Aonla Parliamentary Constituency comprises of  Budaun and Bareilly districts. Budaun  district is covered under Shahjahanpur and Budaun Districts GA and Bareilly district is covered under Bareilly district GA. The district-wise details of authorized GAs of Uttar Pradeshare at Annexure-I.

Government have taken various steps to expand PNG network in the country (including in the state of Uttar Pradesh). These inter alia include-

-  allocating domestic natural gas to CGD sector on priority basis.
-  notification for supply of domestic gas through available mode (including cascade mode) for PNG purpose.
-  Grant of Public Utility Status to CGD Projects.
-  Guidelines for the use of PNG in Defence residential area/unit lines.
-  Guidelines  to  Public  Sector  Enterprises  to  have  provisions  of  PNG  in  their  respective residential complexes.
-  CPWD and NBCC to have provisions of PNG in all Government Residential Complexes.

Further, the Government and PNGRB monitor the progress of CGD networks based on reports submitted by the entities. If there are any delays or shortfalls, the PNGRB advises the entity to take corrective action. This includes calling them for progress review meetings or statutory hearings under existing regulations  to  discuss challenges  and the latest updates on  their MWP targets in authorized GAs. In addition, Government conducts regular interactions and meetings with State Governments for the development of CGD network in respective States and address challenges in this regard.

The details of Natural Gas Pipelines (operational and under construction) in the State of Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1862 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  11.12.2025 REGARDING  CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK.

| S. No.   | GA Name                                                                            | District Covered                      | Name of Authorized Entity                 | Date of Authorisation   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Mathura                                                                            | Mathura                               | Torrent Gas Private Limited               | 11-Jun-09               |
| 2        | Meerut                                                                             | Meerut                                | GAIL Gas Limited                          | 12-Jun-09               |
| 3        | Allahabad                                                                          | Allahabad                             | Indian-Oil Adani Gas Private Limited      | 08-May-13               |
| 4        | Jhansi                                                                             | Jhansi                                | Central UP Gas Limited                    | 26-Feb-14               |
| 5        | Saharanpur District                                                                | Saharanpur                            | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited      | 11-May-16               |
| 6        | Bulandshahr (part) District                                                        | Bulandshahr                           | Indian-Oil Adani Gas Private Limited      | 06-Mar-18               |
| 7        | Bagpat District                                                                    | Bagpat                                | Bagpat Green Energy Private Limited       | 28-Mar-18               |
| 8        | Bulandshahr District (EAAA), Aligarh &Hathras Districts                            | Aligarh Bulandshahr (EAAA)            | Indian Oil-Adani Gas Private Limited      | 24-Sep-18               |
| 9        | Allahabad District (EAAA), Bhadohi&Kaushambi Districts                             | Hathras Allahabad (EAAA) Bhadohi      | Indian Oil-Adani Gas Private Limited      | 13-Sep-18               |
| 10       | Amethi, Pratapgarh&Raebareli Districts                                             | Amethi Pratapgarh Raebareli           | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited      | 10-Aug-18               |
| 11       | Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat&Etawah Districts                                             | Auraiya Kanpur Dehat Etawah           | Torrent Gas Private Limited               | 13-Sep-18               |
| 12       | Faizabad& Sultanpur Districts                                                      | Faizabad Sultanpur                    | Green Gas Limited                         | 24-Sep-18               |
| 13       | Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar &Kushinagar Districts                                  | Gorakhpur Sant Kabir Nagar Kushinagar | Torrent Gas Private Limited               | 13-Sep-18               |
| 14       | Meerut District (EAAA), Muzaffarnagar &Shamli Districts                            | Meerut (EAAA) Muzaffarnagar Shamli    | Indraprastha Gas Limited                  | 13-Sep-18               |
| 15       | Moradabad (EAAA) District                                                          | Moradabad                             | Torrent Gas Private Limited               | 13-Sep-18               |
| 16 17    | Unnao (EAAA) District Jhansi (EAAA), Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Districts # | Unnao Jhansi Jalaun                   | Green Gas Limited Adani Total Gas Limited | 24-Sep-18 29-Mar-19     |
| 18       | Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia Districts                                                 | Azamgarh Mau Ballia                   | Torrent Gas Private Limited               | 29-Mar-19               |
| 19       | Bareilly (EAAA) District, Pilibhit and Rampur Districts                            | Bareilly (EAAA) Pilibhit Rampur       | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited   | 29-Mar-19               |
| 20       | Basti and Ambedkarnagar Districts                                                  | Basti Ambedkarnagar                   | Torrent Gas Private Limited               | 29-Mar-19               |
| 21       | Farrukhabad, Etah and Hardoi Districts                                             | Farrukhabad Etah                      | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited   | 29-Mar-19               |
| 22       | Gonda and Barabanki Districts                                                      | Hardoi Gonda                          | Torrent Gas Private Limited               | 29-Mar-19               |
| 23       | Jaunpur and Ghazipur Districts                                                     | Barabanki Jaunpur Ghazipur            | Indian Oil-Adani Gas Private Limited      | 24-Apr-19               |

| 24   | Kanpur (EAAA) District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts                                     | Kanpur (EAAA)               | Indraprastha Gas Limited                    | 29-Mar-19   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------|
| 24   | Kanpur (EAAA) District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts                                     | Fatehpur                    | Indraprastha Gas Limited                    | 29-Mar-19   |
| 24   | Kanpur (EAAA) District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts                                     | Hamirpur                    | Indraprastha Gas Limited                    | 29-Mar-19   |
| 25   | Mainpuri and Kannauj Districts                                                              | Mainpuri                    | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited     | 29-Mar-19   |
| 25   | Mainpuri and Kannauj Districts                                                              | Kannauj                     | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited     | 29-Mar-19   |
| 26   | Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra Districts                                                 | Mirzapur                    | GAIL Gas Limited                            | 29-Mar-19   |
| 26   | Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra Districts                                                 | Chandauli                   | GAIL Gas Limited                            | 29-Mar-19   |
| 27   | Shahjahanpur and Budaun Districts                                                           | Shahjahanpur                | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited     | 29-Mar-19   |
| 27   | Shahjahanpur and Budaun Districts                                                           | Budaun                      | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited     | 29-Mar-19   |
| 28   | Bijnor and Nainital Districts #                                                             | Bijnor                      | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited     | 29-Mar-19   |
| 29   | Gopalganj, Siwan, West Champaran, East Champaran and Deoria districts #                     | Deoria                      | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited        | 04-May-22   |
| 30   | Amroha (except area already authorized) &Sambhal (except area already authorized) districts | Amroha                      | Megha City Gas Distribution Private Limited | 04-May-22   |
| 30   | Amroha (except area already authorized) &Sambhal (except area already authorized) districts | Sambhal (EAAA)              | Megha City Gas Distribution Private Limited | 04-May-22   |
| 31   | Kasganj district                                                                            | Kasganj                     | Megha City Gas Distribution Private Limited | 04-May-22   |
| 32   | Banda, Chitrakoot and Mahoba                                                                | Banda Chitrakoot            | Indraprastha Gas Limited                    | 13-Apr-22   |
| 33   | Varanasi District                                                                           | Mahoba Varanasi             | GAIL (India) Limited                        | 07-Mar-18   |
| 34   | Khurja                                                                                      | Bulandshahr                 | Adani Total Gas Limited                     | 04-Dec-12   |
| 35   | Moradabad                                                                                   | Moradabad                   | Torrent Gas Moradabad Limited               | 30-Nov-12   |
| 36   | Bareilly                                                                                    | Bareilly                    | Central UP Gas Limited                      | 22-Apr-09   |
| 37   | Kanpur                                                                                      | Kanpur                      | Central UP Gas Limited                      | 22-Apr-09   |
| 38   | Agra                                                                                        | Agra                        | Green Gas Limited                           | 12-Nov-09   |
| 39   | Firozabad (Taj Trapezium Zone) #                                                            | Aligarh                     | GAIL Gas Limited                            | 26-Sep-11   |
| 39   | Firozabad (Taj Trapezium Zone) #                                                            | Firozabad Hathras           | GAIL Gas Limited                            | 26-Sep-11   |
|      |                                                                                             | Lucknow                     |                                             |             |
|      |                                                                                             | Ghaziabad                   |                                             |             |
|      |                                                                                             | Mathura                     |                                             |             |
| 40   | Lucknow                                                                                     |                             | Green Gas Limited                           | 15-Mar-16   |
| 41   | Ghaziabad &Hapur Districts                                                                  | Hapur                       | Indraprastha Gas Limited                    | 06-Sep-19   |
| 42   | Noida (including Greater Noida)                                                             | Goutam Buddh Nagar          | Indraprastha Gas Limited                    | 25-Apr-2023 |
| 43   | Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar                   | Bahraich                    | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited        | 08-Jun-22   |
| 43   | Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar                   | Balrampur                   | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited        | 08-Jun-22   |
| 43   | Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar                   | Lakhimpur Kheri Maharajganj | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited        | 08-Jun-22   |
| 43   | &Maharajganj districts                                                                      | Shrawasti                   | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited        | 08-Jun-22   |
| 43   | Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar                   | Siddharth Nagar             | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited        | 08-Jun-22   |
| 43   | Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar                   | Sitapur                     | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited        | 08-Jun-22   |
| 43   | Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar                   |                             | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited        | 08-Jun-22   |

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Source: PNGRB )

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1862 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 REGARDING CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK.

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| Sr N o                                                                                   | Name of the Natural Gas Pipelines                                                             | Authorized Entity                                                                        | Date of Author ization                                                                   | Authorise d Length (Km)                                                                  | Operati ng Length (Km)                                                                   | Lengt h in UP (Km)                                                                       | Operatio nal length in the State (Km)                                                    | Under Constructio n in the State (Km)                                                    |
| 1                                                                                        | Dadri Bawana Nangal Pipeline                                                                  | GAIL                                                                                     | 15.02.2 011                                                                              | 921                                                                                      | 998                                                                                      | 254                                                                                      | 254                                                                                      | 0                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                        | Dadri Panipat Pipeline                                                                        | Indian Oil Corporation Limited                                                           | 05.01.2 011                                                                              | 132                                                                                      | 143                                                                                      | 84                                                                                       | 84                                                                                       | 0                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                        | HVJ-GREP-DVPL and DVPL-GREP CAPACITY AUGMENTATION                                             | GAIL                                                                                     | 19.04.2 010/14. 02.201 1                                                                 | 6169                                                                                     | 6732                                                                                     | 2229                                                                                     | 2229                                                                                     | 0                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                        | ShahdolPhulpur                                                                                | RGPL                                                                                     | 11.07.2 013                                                                              | 312                                                                                      | 304                                                                                      | 75                                                                                       | 75                                                                                       | 0                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                        | Jagdishpur Haldia BokaroDhamra Pipeline Including Barauni Guwahati And Dhamra Haldia Pipeline | GAIL                                                                                     | 29.01.2 018                                                                              | 3546                                                                                     | 3272                                                                                     | 335                                                                                      | 335                                                                                      | 0                                                                                        |

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