Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri dedicated 166 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations to service of the community.
These CNG stations have been set up by GAIL (India) and nine of its group City Gas Distribution (CGD) companies in 41 Geographical Areas (GAs) across 14 states.
These CNG stations commissioned at the cost of Rs 400 crore will further strengthen the gas-based infrastructure and availability of cleaner fuel.
As compared to 2014 when there were about 900 CNG stations, currently the number of CNG stations have crossed 4,500, and will be ramped up to 8,000 by 2024. These CNG stations will provide direct employment to about 1,000 people.