Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday launched the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) supply system in Odisha by rolling out the first phase of the project here - almost six months before the deadline. With this, Gas Authority of India ltd (GAIl) started supplying environment-friendly PNG to 255 houses in Nalco Nagar located at Chandrasekharpur area.
It also plans to provide PNG connections in the near future to adjacent Jeevan Bima Colony and Maitri Vihar Colony, covering a total of 1,000 houses. Assessment was also being carried out for PNG supply to leading hotels, hospitals and industrial units of the city. Expressing happiness at the fast pace of work, Pradhan said GAIl took up the project on a war-footing and praised it for the early commencement of this first phase of supply of PNG in Bhubaneswar -- expected to be completed by March 2018.
Initially, natural gas will reach Bhubaneswar in special containers called ‘cascades’ which will be transported by road from Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh. later, natural gas will be supplied through the Jagdishpur-Haldia & Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline (JHBDPl).