Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) Chairman Anil Kumar Jain on Sunday urged consumers to opt for piped natural gas (PNG), which was a cleaner and economical fuel.
Mr. Jain, who was in the city to review implementation of PNG networks in Tamil Nadu by various operators, told presspersons that so far 17,000 households had opted for PNG. The target was to cover 2.2 crore households by 2030-31.
People are not willing to switch over from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which they are used to. In several cases, local bodies were not giving required permissions or house owners were not interested since they have laid granite and marble in kitchens that cannot be altered. It was the same case when LPG was introduced, Mr. Jain said.
