Summary:
It also aims at extending the convenience of PNG and CNG services to key eastern cities. It is expected to give direct employment to 1,000 people and rebate many more indirect jobs.GAIL has laid a 28-km spur line to connect the Varanasi network to the Urja Ganga pipeline being laid through UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. Two CNG stations have started commercial operations and 18 more will be set up. Overall, 20,000 vehicles are expected to switch to CNG in the city.PNG connections have been given to 8,000 households that are expected to get supplies from March 2019. This will help early launch CNG and PNG services in Patna, Ranchi and Jamshedpur.The project is aimed at speeding up industrial activity in eastern region by supplying gas to help revive fertiliser and power plants, refineries, steel plants and other industries..