Gail India, in a release issued to the BSE, has announced the introduction of CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) to Kanpur - the biggest city of UP."This is a major milestone in our journey towards introducing the green fuel - CNG in various cities in India to reduce environmental pollution", said Proshanto Banerjee, chairman and managing director, of Gail, who is also the first chairman of Central U P Gas - a joint venture company set up by Gail and BPCL for city gas distribution in Kanpur; immediately after the first board meeting of the JV company held in New Delhi.The release said that the ministry of petroleum and natural gas has allocated 1 lakh SCMD of natural gas for the city of Kanpur, with the company planning to set up one Mother, one Online and one Daughter booster stations in Kanpur in the year 2005. GAIL has laid an 18.2 km pipeline from Sachendi to supply natural gas to Kanpur city, and is planning to expand CNG facilities in a phased manner. The laying of pipeline is complete and is expected to be commissioned soon, the release added.
