Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan, through an online ceremony, dedicated to the nation 48 CNG stations and inaugurated eight other CNG stations in the country.
The 56 stations are spread over 11 states/Union Territories namely, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh, and belong to 11 different entities, public as well private.
A total of 72 percent population of the country will soon be covered through the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network, with spread over 53 percent of the geographical area.
The number of PNG stations has increased from 25 lakh to 60 lakh; 28,000 industrial gas connections have grown to 41,000, and the number of CNG vehicles has gone up from 22 lakh to 34 lakh.