19th August, 2003
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas  


PIPELINE GAS CONNECTIONS


RAJYA SABHA

Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) and Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), Joint Venture companies of GAIL (India) Limited are supplying Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to 1.70 lakh and 9167 households/hotels in Mumbai and Delhi respectively. Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) in Gujarat, Assam Gas Company (AGCL) in Assam and Tripura Natural Gas Company Limited (TNGCL) in Tripura are also supplying PNG in some cities in those States in a limited manner.

TNGCL, a joint venture company of AGCL and Tripura Industrial Development Corporation (TIDC), has taken up a city gas distribution project in Agartala for supplying PNG. An allocation of 0.1302 Million Standard Cubic Metres Per Day (MMSCMD) has been made for the project and GAIL has already laid pipeline upto city gate. TNGCL is supplying PNG to only around 3,000 domestic/commercial consumers with limited revenue generation.

The above information was given by the Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, today in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.