Adani Total Gas Limited unable to link gas station with GAIL trunk line in Mangaluru due to permission issue with KIOCL, Union Minister tells Lok Sabha
The Hindu
Long-pending permission issue with KIOCL, Union Minister informs Lok Sabha
There is delay by Adani Total Gas Limited (ATGL) in connecting its City Gas Station (CGS) at Panambur in Mangaluru with the Kochi-Koottanad-Bengaluru-Mangaluru natural gas trunk pipeline of GAIL owing to long-pending permission issue with Kudremukh Iron Ore Company, according to a reply given in the Lok Sabha on February 5.
The reply was given by Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi to an unstarred question by Kota Srinivas Poojary, Member of Parliament, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru.
Mr. Poojary questioned the shortage of CNG in Udupi district forcing autorickshaw drivers to wait in long queues in front of CNG pump stations and the steps taken by the government to resolve the issue. The Member of Parliament wanted to know about the time by which the CNG pipeline issue would be resolved to facilitate direct CNG supply in Udupi district.
The Minister said that establishment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations is part of the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network. The same is carried out by the CGD entities authorised by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) as per their Minimum Work Programme (MWP), which include creation of pipeline infrastructure and other facilities for the supply of PNG (domestic) and CNG (transport).
Udupi District Geographical Area (GA) has been authorised to ATGL for the development of CGD network. The MWP target for the entity is to establish 11 CNG station in the GA by 2030. As on November 30, 2024, against the pro-rata target of establishing three CNG stations, the entity has established 10 CNG stations in the Udupi district GA.
Mr. Gopi said that, as per PNGRB, ATGL has informed about the delay in connectivity of their City Gas Station (CGS) in Panambur with the Kochi-Koottanad-Bengaluru-Mangaluru natural gas trunk pipeline of GAIL owing to long-pending permission issue with Kudremukh Iron Ore Company. Further, ATGL has also informed that due to lack of pipeline connectivity, they are catering to this demand through cascades from neighbouring GA and have also increased their cascade capacity.
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