New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): In a big step in direction of selling clear, protected, and accessible vitality within the nationwide capital, Power Minister Ashish Sood at present chaired a high-level assembly to assessment the growth of PNG (Piped Natural Gas) in Delhi. Senior officers from IGL, the Urban Development Department, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Delhi Jal Board, and the Delhi Government have been current within the assembly.
Following the assembly, the Power Minister said {that a} complete technique has been ready to speed up the growth of PNG connections in Delhi and to make sure its attain to a bigger variety of residents, based on an official launch.
He directed officers to simplify the method of offering PNG connections and make it extra clear and citizen-centric in order that increasingly individuals can profit from the ability. He additionally instructed the division to conduct an intensive door-to-door marketing campaign to encourage residents of Delhi to undertake PNG.
Sood famous that many areas within the capital nonetheless depend on conventional gasoline cylinders and stoves, whereas PNG is a safer and extra handy various. It eliminates the necessity for cylinder reserving and ready whereas guaranteeing an uninterrupted provide.
He additional directed that in areas the place PNG companies aren’t but out there, intensive consciousness campaigns ought to be performed. Special drives shall be undertaken in unauthorised colonies and rural areas to tell residents about the advantages of PNG.
During the assembly, it was highlighted that Delhi has the capability to offer roughly 1.8 million PNG connections, whereas round 1.4 million connections have been offered thus far. Officials have been instructed to work in mission mode to ship the remaining 400,000 connections on the earliest, the discharge famous.
Sood additionally knowledgeable that it has been determined to prioritise the usage of PNG in public welfare schemes. Under this, PNG shall be used instead of conventional gasoline cylinders in Atal Canteens, night time shelter kitchens, mid-day meal kitchens, and MCD kitchens.
He additional emphasised that the usage of PNG ought to be promoted in all eating places, accommodations, Gurudwaras, and temples throughout Delhi. Instructions have been issued to put pipelines on the earliest in locations the place cylinders are nonetheless in use.
The Power Minister additionally said that the PNG pipeline community shall be expanded quickly in areas the place it’s not but out there. Special focus shall be given to growing options utilizing trendy applied sciences in difficult areas akin to slender lanes and multi-storey buildings.
He additional added that at the moment, round 10,000 new PNG connections are being offered each month in Delhi, and if required, this quantity may be elevated to 25,000 monthly.
Ashish Sood expressed confidence that elevated adoption of PNG will considerably broaden the usage of clear vitality in Delhi, cut back air pollution ranges, and guarantee protected and uninterrupted gasoline provide to residents. (ANI)