Thousands of the consumers in the four major areas of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Udham Singh Nagar, Haridwar and Nainital would soon have access to cheap Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in their homes.

An ambitious project worth Rs 1680 Crore is at present underway to provide urban population of these districts the cheap cooking gas.

The urban development minister Madan Kaushik met the top officials of the companies involved in the project to provide PNG in New Delhi on Thursday.

In Dehradun, the consumers of Dehradun city, Rishikesh, Vikasnagar and Mussoorie would get PNG under the project. Here GAIL Company is leading the project. The secretary in charge, food and civil supply, Sushil Kumar said that in first phase 6000 consumers would be provided PNG in Dehradun.

Apart from it, four PNG service stations would be opened. These city gas stations would be opened in Mokhampur, Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) and Transport Nagar.  The company is claiming that it would complete the first phase of the project in Dehradun before December 2020.In Haridwar, 17000 connections would be provided PNG in the first phase and the project of first phase is expected to be completed in September 2020.  The authorities are claiming that the 1680 Crore project would get completed in the year 2023.  In Udham Singh Nagar private sector Adani Gas limited is working on the project.

This company was provided the task in the year 2016 however the work of the company is very slow.

Under the project, natural cooking gas would be supplied to domestic customers in pipes.

Due to its many inherent advantages like good combustion and low pricing, PNG is called fuel of future.