AGARTALA, July 5 (TIWN): With the initiative of TNGCL (Tripura Natural Gas Company limited), 10,000 houses will be supplied with PNG (Piped Line natural Gas) connection in this financial year. Tripura capital city Agartala would soon turn into a green metropolitan. All together 10,000 households would be provided piped cooking gas connections. TNGCL has taken this initiative with the aim to make Agartala a green city, first of its kind in eastern India. By next financial year, further 10,000 households in Agartala would be covered by piped natural gas (PNG) connections for cooking purposes. With the supply of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to homes in Agartala, it has become easier to supply gas to the household. PNG facilitates non-stop supply, no need to fret about an underweight, pilfered cylinder, no need to pull strings for prompt delivery. And unlike the heavily subsidized, competing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas, till now at least, is both cheap and profitable. Already 20,000 households are connected with PNG. Apart from this TNGCL has also provided 300 commercial connections to the business centers. Along with the household and commercial connection TNGCL has also provided 47 PNG connections in several factories in Bodhjungnagar industrial sector area.According to the TNGCL source, a large number of industrial units, hotels and crematoria were already running on PNG. Focusing on the increasing number of CNG fueled vehicles, the TNGCL has already set up a mother CNG refilling station at Udaipur and in this regard TNGCL to set up 4 daughter boosters at Amarpur, Shantibazar, Belonia, and Sonamura, said TNGCL Manager S. Saha. TNGCL was registered under the company Act, 1956 with ROC, Shillong as Limited Company. Incorporation of the company with a joint venture of TIDC Ltd. [A Govt. of Tripura undertaking] & AGCL [A Govt. of Assam undertaking] on July 1990.

Re-structuring of TNGCL on February 2005, with joining of GAIL as a major share holder in order to facilitate the implementation of CNG in the transport sector of Tripura.

The Main Objective of TNGCL is to Establish natural gas as a eco-friendly, economical and safe alternative fuel, Reduce & control rising pollution due to vehicular emission, Provide safe, healthy & less polluting environment.

The main activity of TNGCL is to Supply piped natural gas to the domestic, commercial & industrial consumers in and around Agartala.

Further, TNGCL is also planning to set up another Mother CNG station at Chandrapur near International Bus terminus and along with 3 daughter booster CNG stations, will also be set up at Teliamura, Khowai and Bisalgarh.

It is to be mentioned here that presently there are 5 CNG stations, 4 at Agartala and 1 at Udaipur.