The dream to get piped gas in every kitchen will be realised soon as people of the State Capital and four other towns of the State will soon get benefit of cheaper gas through Pipeline Natural Gas (PNG) under Urja Ganga Gas Pipeline Project launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October, 2016.

Work of gas pipeline to connect with a total of 3000 households in Ranchi and 2000 households in Jamshedpur is almost completed.

Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) Executive Director, KB Singh said that almost all the work have been completed to provide piped gas into kitchens of around 3,000 households in the State Capital.

“The schedule to complete the project was March, 2020 but we are ready to launch the project months before the schedule. The project gets delayed due to finalisation of gas procurement centre. The company will procure gas from its Patna centre to start project in Ranchi,” said Singh.   

“The project will be launched from Ranchi’s MECON Colony and its adjoining areas where pipelined natural gas (PNG) connections have been provided to around 2,000 households,” Singh said.

The Executive Director further informed that the company has set up two CNG stations in Ranchi which are at Ormanjhi and Khukri in Ranchi for the supply of gas to the kitchens. “The company has got all the clearances of various departments of the two gas CNG stations and they are ready to launch. The company is setting up one CNG station at Bistupur in Jamshedpur. The construction work is almost clear for the Bistupur CNG station and it is also almost ready to start as the company has to start piped gas supply in the Steel City from December of this year. People of Sonari residential area will get first of all benefit of the project,” he added

“Around two thousand household will be connected through the project at initial level. Jamshedpur is around 140 Kilo Meter away for the State Capital so the transportation cost in Jamshedpur will be higher than Ranchi. However, we are trying to provide piped gas supply by December in Jamshedpur,” he said.

The company has set target to cover 30,000 households in Ranchi and 25,000 households in Jamshedpur in next five years, said Singh.

Through this project the people will get cheaper gas for house hold consumption and it will also minimize vehicular pollution.

Indian oil corporation limited (IOCL) will lay the infrastructure for piped natural gas (PNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) in Bokaro, Hazaribag, Ramgarh, while the GAIL Gas Limited will lay the pipeline project in Dhanbad and Giridih.