GAIL ((India) finance director and GAIL Gas director R.K. Jain inaugurating the CNG station at Panambur on Wednesday.
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GAIL Gas Ltd., a major city gas distribution (CGD) company, inaugurated its second company Owned-Company Operated (COCO) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station in Panambur on Wednesday.
GAIL ((India) finance director and GAIL Gas director R.K. Jain inaugurated the outlet in the presence of GAIL (India) executive director (Finance) Nalini Malhotra, GAIL Gas Bengaluru chief general manager Sanjay Kumar Singh, GAIL Gas chief financial officer Pankaj Gupta, Mangaluru general manger B. Sai Shankar, and others.
COCO-2, located on the left hand side of Kochi-Panvel NH 66 on the Mangaluru-Udupi carriageway, is the 30th CNG Station and the second mother CNG station of Dakshina Kannada. The outlet will strengthen the supply network of the green energy in both Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts and will facilitate city dwellers in refilling the vehicles with uninterrupted 24×7 CNG supply, said a release.
The new CNG station can serve more than 5,000 small vehicles, LCVs, and buses and trucks in a single day. Vehicles of various neighbouring States, including Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc., passing through NH 66 can make use of the CNG station, GAIL Gas said. Availability of CNG at various locations will help in strengthening the CNG supply all around Dakshina Kannada district and will encourage people to convert their vehicles on CNG which controls pollution levels being an eco-friendly fuel.
GAIL Gas is steadfast in its commitment to enhancing the City Gas Distribution network in the next eight years, with plans to establish 100 CNG stations across the district. Soon, the convenience of CNG will extend to areas like Mangladevi, Kanyana Village (Bantwal), Kadanjebettu, Nellyadi, Ullal, and Talapady near Karnataka-Kerala Border etc.
Published – November 21, 2024 08:06 pm IST