Gujarat govt to expand gas grid to further 362 km length
March 17, 2015
Gandhinagar
Gujarat has a network of 2192 km long gas grid which is India’s biggest gas grid. The state government plans to expand it by 362 km in coming years.
These details were shared by minister Saurabh Patel in assembly during discussion of budget demands for energy department.
Patel said, “in entire nation, pipe line gas connections are 27 lakh. Of them 13,70,000 are in Gujarat. 670 villages of Gujarat have connection of gas at home through pipe line. 146 tribal, geographically backward and coastal villages are supplied gas through pipe line. Government of India saves Rs. 220 crore annual subsidy due to this.”
He said out of 950 CNG stations across India, 341 are in Gujarat which is 35% share.
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