AG&P Pratham will deliver domestic piped natural gas (PNG) to some colonies in Kadapa town by August, and a similar project in progress in Anantapur will be completed by March 2023, said Gumalapalli A. Venkatesh, the company’s regional head for Anantapur and Kadapa districts.
At a press conference on Friday, Mr. Venkatesh and Sekhar Vajjala, the Chittoor Cluster Marketing Head, said that the company has a licence for operations in undivided Nellore, Chittoor, Kadapa, and Anantapur districts, and has an ambitious plan to provide domestic connections to 10 lakh houses in the next five years along with commercial users and industries. The company will invest ₹400 crore and build bulk compressed natural gas (CNG) storage units in Kadapa and Anantapur, which are in an advanced stage of construction.
In Anantapur, the bulk storage unit will be ready by March next year, but prior to that gas would be transported from the Kadapa storage unit, which will be ready by August this year, and domestic supply would be launched in Pilligundla, Syndicate Nagar, and Sunitha Nagar in the city.
