Identification of Cities for City Gas Distribution Projects

By | March 9, 2016
(Last Updated On: March 9, 2016)

Identification of Cities for City Gas Distribution Projects 

            The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that in year 2007, Government has established Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) under the PNGRB Act 2006.  Under the Act, PNGRB grant authorization to the entities for developing a City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in the specified Geographical Area (GA) of the country through a bidding process. (PNGRB) has envisaged a phased roll out plan for development of CGD networks in several Geographical Areas (GAs) in various States. The GAs are included in bidding rounds in a phased manner depending on the natural gas pipeline connectivity/natural gas availability and feasibility for grant of authorization to develop CGD networks in the country. PNGRB has identified 34 GAs for which bids were invited on 1stOctober 2015. The list of 34 GAs bid under the 6th round of CGD bidding is at Annexure-I.

PNGRB has envisaged a phased roll out plan for development of CGD networks in the country depending on the natural gas pipeline connectivity/natural gas availability in the country including the State of Tamilnadu.

 

Annexure-I

List of GAs covered under 6th round of CGD bidding

S.NoState/ Union TerritoryDistrict (GA)S. NoState/ Union TerritoryDistrict (GA)
1Madhya PradeshDhar19Madhya PradeshShahdol
2GujaratDahod20KarnatakaGadag
3MaharashtraAhmadnagar21Madhya PradeshJhabua
4GujaratBanaskantha22UttarakhandNainital
5Uttar PradeshSaharanpur23HaryanaRewari
6Uttar PradeshRaebareli24GoaNorth Goa
7Uttar PradeshMainpuri25Madhya PradeshDatia
8Uttar PradeshRamabai Nagar26PunjabRupnagar
9KarnatakaChitradurga27PunjabFatehgarh Sahib
10HaryanaBhiwani28GujaratDahej-Vagra Taluka
11MaharashtraRatnagiri29Uttar PradeshAmethi
12GujaratAmreli30GujaratAhmedabad (excluding the area already authorized)
13PunjabBhatinda31GujaratAnand (excluding the area already authorized)
14Uttar PradeshAuraiya32GujaratPanchmahal
15GujaratPatan33Madhya PradeshRewa
16Uttar PradeshBaghpat34HaryanaRohtak
17Uttar PradeshEtawah   
18HaryanaYamunanagar   

 

* No bid were received for GAs of Raebareli District, Mainpuri District, Chitradurga District, Bhiwani District, Auraiya District, Etawah District, Shahdol District, Gadag District, Jhabua District, Nainital District, Datia District and Rewa District.

Source Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas 09-March, 2016

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