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GUWAHATI: By 2021, residents of Guwahati will have the option of piped cooking gas through the city gas distribution network being set up by Purba Bharati Gas Private Ltd, a joint venture of three public sector units Assam Gas Company Ltd (AGCL), Oil India Limited (OIL) and GAIL Gas Ltd.
Chairman of Duliajan Numaligarh Pipeline Limited (DNPL) Rupam Goswami, while announcing the company’s financial report card, said apart from gas from the fields of upper Assam, there will be another option to utilize the imported gas to be brought thorough the Barauni-Guwahati pipeline which is being laid down.
Assam set to get 200 more Compressed Natural Gas stations
Assam is all set to get as many as 200 more CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) stations in the next five years.
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GUWAHATI: Assam is all set to get as many as 200 more CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) stations in the next five years. The project to this effect will be implemented by the Purba Bharati Gas Private Ltd (PBGPL) and the Assam Gas Company Ltd (AGCL).
Talking to the media here on Saturday, Gokul Chandra Swargiary, who is the Chairman of PBGCL and MD of AGCL, said, While the PBGCL is set to implement 51 CNG stations in Kamrup and Kamrup (M) districts and 21 in the three Barak Valley districts, the AGCL will implement the remaining 128 stations in the other districts in the State. Preliminary works like site selection are underway for the CNG stations.