Indian Oil Corp-Adani Gas combine has bid for a licence to retail CNG in five cities including Haridwar in the 5th round of city gas bidding that saw no bids for as many as eight cities.
Besides Haridwar, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) Adani combine bid for Tumkur, Belgaum and Dharward districts in Karnataka and Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand, according to information available from Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).
State gas utility GAIl India ltd through its subsidiary GAIl Gas bid for Tumkur and Dharward and in consortia with Bharat Petroleum Corp ltd (BPCl) for Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Belgaum. GSPC Gas bid for Banaskantha district in Gujarat while Maharashtra Natural Gas ltd bid for rights for Ahmadnagar district in Maharashtra.
State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp ltd (HPCl) in joint venture with Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Corp ltd bid for licence to retail CNG and piped cooking gas in East Godavari, Krishna and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh.
lesser known firm, Megha Engineering & Infrastructure ltd put in bids for East Godavari, Belgaum, Krishna, West Godavari, Tumkur and Dharward districts. PNGRB said no bids were received from Badaun, Aligarh and Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh, lathur and Osmanabad in Maharashtra, Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh and Bidar in Karnataka.