As many as 21 more districts in Tamil Nadu will soon witness work to lay lines for the supply of piped natural gas (PNG) to industries and homes, and construction of retail outlets for the sale of compressed natural gas (CNG) to be used in vehicles.
Four companies have won the bids in the 11th round of tendering of geographical areas (GAs) (it can be a part of a district or whole districts) by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) for covering these districts. With this, all districts in the State have been covered under City Gas Distribution Networks (CDGN).
Indian Oil Corporation will cover nine districts through the recently acquired GAs. These include Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari, Madurai, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Theni, Virudhunagar and Tenkasi. In this latest bidding, the company bagged nine out of 15 high-potential GAs, a press release here said.
