Gujarat Gas Ltd to debut in Dadra Nagar Haveli

Gandhinagar

State energy minister Saurabh Patel today said that Gujarat Gas Ltd which is the biggest company in the area of city gas distribution will start laying gas distribution pipeline in Union Territory Dadra Nagar Haveli(DNH) from 15 January. The pipeline network in DNH will be 550 km long and cover Naroli, Dadra, Silvasa, Samarvani, Masat and Rakholi areas. In next five years it will cover entire DNH. The project will provide gas connections for home usage to over 45,000 houes. Gujarat Gas Ltd also aims to supply pollution-free gas to industrial houses and set up CNG gas stations.

The company at present is into gas distribution across 19 districts of Gujarat, DNH, Thane and Palghar in Maharashtra covering 10.50 lakh home connections, over 11,800 commercial consumers and 2800 industrial houses. The company has 238 CNG stations distributing 7.73 lakh kg CNG.

– DeshGujarat