IGL To Supply CNG & PNG In Fatehpur, Hamirpur And Balance Areas Of Kanpur

Kanpur, 6^th March 2019: Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the largest CNG distribution company of the country has received Letter of Intent (LOI) from Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) just a few days back after 10^th round of bidding to lay City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in the geographical area comprising districts of Fatehpur, Hamirpur and Kanpur (except area already authorized) in Uttar Pradesh. The project will be aimed at providing supply of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in these districts and it is expected that the first CNG station and piped gas connection would be made available within a year.

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Member of Parliament from Fatehpur announced the same in a function held today in Kanpur. Shri Satyadev Pachauri, Hon’ble Minister for Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Export Promotion, Government of Uttar Pradesh and MLA from Govind Nagar presided over the function, which was also attended by Shri Vikram Singh, MLA Fatehpur Sadar and Shri Vikas Gupta, MLA, Ayasa Shah (Fatehpur), Shri E.S. Ranganathan, Managing Director, IGL, Shri Rajiv Sikka, Director (Commercial), IGL along with senior officials from district administration and mediapersons.