Uttar Pradesh
City Gas Station of Torrent Gas in Gorakhpur
- 04 Oct 2021
- 2 min read
Why in News
- On October 3, 2021, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the City Gas Station of Torrent Gas at Khanipur in Gorakhpur district.
Key Points
- In the first phase of the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network Piped Natural Gas (PNG) will be supplied to 101 domestic connections and 1 industrial connection.
- On this occasion, he inaugurated 8 CNG stations and 13 PSA Oxygen Plants and also presented certificates of connection of domestic piped natural gas to 5 women.
- It is worth mentioning that PNG is cheaper as compared to LPG cylinder and also has an economic saving of 35 to 40 percent.
- Torrent Gas has been given a target to provide connections to 10,000 families in Gorakhpur city by the month of March.
- This gas company has taken forward the process of supplying PNG to district Gorakhpur as well as to district Kushinagar and Sant Kabir Nagar.
- The program of PNG gas supply is being taken forward in 15 districts of the state.
- The central government has provided 127 oxygen plants to the state. Also, Torrent Gas Company is setting up 13 oxygen plants in the state.
- In this way, a total of 547 oxygen plants are being set up in the state, out of which about 490 oxygen plants have been prepared.
