New Delhi: Union Minster for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan today through a Video Conference from Delhi, dedicated 42 CNG stations and 3 City Gate Stations (CGS) of Torrent Gas to the service of the community. The CNG stations are located across various states, including 14 in Uttar Pradesh, 8 in Maharashtra, 6 in Gujarat, 4 in Punjab and 5 each in Telangana and Rajasthan. The City Gate Stations include one each in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab. With the completion of these 42 CNG stations, Torrent Gas has commissioned 100 CNG stations. Torrent Gas, which has the authorisation to lay City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in 32 Districts across 7 States and 1 UT, will very soon make CNG and PNG available in Chennai, the only metro city where CNG and PNG are not available.

Dharmendra Pradhan said, “Government of India intends to increase the number of CNG stations in the country from approximately 3,000 currently to 10,000 within the next 4 to 5 years. The CGD industry has a key role to play in creating the next generation gas infrastructure as envisioned by Prime Minister”.

Jinal Mehta, Director, Torrent Gas said “Torrent Gas is committed for contributing to the Government of India’s vision of increasing the share of natural gas from 6.2% to 15% of the Indian energy basket by 2030. Torrent Gas intends to make a total investment of Rs 8,000 crores (USD 1.1 Billion) over the next 5 years towards the creation of CGD infrastructure in the country, of which Rs 1,050 crores has already been invested. Torrent Gas has been able to set up 100 CNG stations within a relatively short span of time. We are now working towards our near-term goal of setting up 200 CNG stations by March 2021 and medium-term goal of setting up 500 CNG stations by March 2023, apart from making PNG widely available to industries and residences in our authorised areas”.