As a significant step towards expanding the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in India, Mr Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, India laid the foundation stone of the CGD project in Alipurduar and Coochbehar districts of West Bengal on May 29, 2025.
The project, with a total cost of over Rs 10 billion, aims to provide Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to over 250,000 households, more than 100 commercial establishments and industries besides providing Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to vehicular traffic by establishing a minimum of 19 CNG stations. The project is scheduled to be completed by September 30, 2030.
The tap-off point for taking Natural Gas is situated at Ambari and Ghoksadanga tap-off stations of M/s GAIL situated in the Coochbehar District, West Bengal.
The project’s key objective is to build a robust gas distribution infrastructure by laying steel pipelines, MDPE pipelines and other equipment for providing PNG connections to households, commercial establishments and industrial customers and CNG to vehicular traffic by establishing CNG stations.