Gas supply project launched in Kochi

The project, through which piped natural gas is supplied to consumers, was inaugurated at a house in Kunnumpuram division of the Kochi Corporation by lighting a gas stove.

The city gas supply project was launched in Kochi on Friday.

The project, through which piped natural gas is supplied to consumers, was inaugurated at a house in Kunnumpuram division of the Kochi Corporation by lighting a gas stove.

The gas supply project is being implemented in six divisions of the civic body by Indian Oil Adani Gas Private Limited. Currently, the company had established 16,000 connections, said a communication issued by Mayor M. Anilkumar.

The civic administration had initiated discussions with the company for launching the project in the wake of complaints that the scheme had been lagging for years. However, the pandemic outbreak and financial crisis had slowed down the implementation of the project. The civic body hoped to extend the project to all Corporation divisions, the communication said.

Ambika Sudarshan, the division councillor, presided over the inaugural meeting. Company officials M.K. Sharma, Bhashit Dholakia and Ajay Pillai and division committee convener A.G. Udayakumar attended.