Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, inaugurated 201 CNG stations and India’s first Small Scale LNG Unit of GAIL (India) Limited.
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Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, inaugurated 201 CNG stations and India’s first Small Scale LNG Unit of GAIL (India) Limited. The dedication of the stations was done through video conferencing at a function in the presence of Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas & Labour and Employment Rameshwar Teli, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Pankaj Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL Limited, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Additional Secretary, MoPNG Shri Praveen Mal Khanooja, GAIL Director (Finance). The 201 CNG stations dedicated to the Nation have been set up by 15 City Gas Distribution (CGD) entities of GAIL group in 52 Geographical Areas (Gas) across 17 states while India’s first small-scale LNG unit has been set up by GAIL at its Vijaipur LPG plant. Out of these 15 CGD entities, 53 stations belong to GAIL Gas Limited, 50 to Indraprastha Gas Limited, 43 to GAIL and 20 to Mahanagar Gas Limited. Moreover, four belong to Avantika Gas Limited, two to Bengal Gas Company Limited, three to Central UP Gas Limited, one to Goa Natural Gas Pvt Limited, three to Green Gas Limited, one to Haridwar Natural Gas Limited, two to Purba Bharati Gas Limited, one to Rajasthan State Gas Pvt Limited, one to Tripura Natural Gas Company Limited and one to Vadodara Gas Limited.
With inauguration of the CNG stations and the Small-Scale LNG unit, the Minister Hardeep Singh Puri reaffirmed government’s commitment to sustainable energy practices.
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