The gas supply pipeline installed in Uttarakhand with the assistance of the Government of India was inaugurated by the State’s Housing and Urban Development minister Madan Kaushik in Haridwar on the weekend. He lit a cooking stove at a home in Ambedkarnagar locality of Jwalapur to inaugurate the gas supply pipeline.
Speaking on the occasion, Kaushik said that this was an effective step towards achieving the vision of all-round development in the state. Stating that this ill bring about a positive change in the lives of the people, he said that due to the efforts of the state government and assistance from the Central Government, the nation’s second gas supply pipeline project was undertaken in the state to provide gas supply to the locals.
Kaushik further averred that within a year, cooking gas will be supplied directly to homes through pipe lines in about 70 per cent of the homes in the Haridwar area. Work on this project was being undertaken for the past two years and has now been completed.
The minister inaugurated the scheme by opening the first connection to Pramod, a resident of Ambedkarnagar in Jwalapur. Kaushik also said that before the elections, he had promised to facilitate supply of gas in the homes which has now been facilitated.