Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated eastern India's first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations at Chandrasekharpur and Patia in Bhubaneswar city under Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga programme.
The service is an initiative under City Gas Distribution (CGD) project implemented by the GAIL (India) Limited, a government-owned natural gas transmission company.
The company will bring natural gas to Bhubaneswar in special containers called as 'cascades' by road from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.
Later, it will be supplied through the 2,655 km long Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL), which is known as Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project.