After beginning its CNG for Automobiles project last week in Agra, the joint venture company of Indian Oil and GAIL, Green Gas Ltd, is preparing to provide piped CNG to households in Agra and Lucknow from October this year.
According to the director (commercial), Green Gas Ltd, R K Sharma, six localities of Agra had been selected for providing piped CNG, in which the company would provide 1,000 connections in the first phase. Later, more areas will get connections, according to the feasibility situation in a particular locality.
Sharma said booking for the connections would begin in May and the pipelines would be laid later, with the company installing its gas meters inside the houses at its own cost.
He said the piped CNG was similar to LPG in every aspect and only a slight modification would be needed in the gas-stoves to adapt them for using CNG as a fuel instead of LPG.
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