Question: In which of the following city Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the City Gas Distribution (CGD) project?
(a) Balia
(b) Gorakhpur
(c) Varanasi
(d) Kanpur
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 24 October 2016 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the City Gas Distribution (CGD) project in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
- The project is part of GAIL (India) Limited’s Jagdishpur ¬ Haldia and Bokaro ¬ Dhamra Pipeline project (JHBDPL), popularly known as ‘Urja Ganga’.
- GAIL has also been entrusted with developing CGD network in seven cities enroute the pipeline, i.e., Varanasi, Patna, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
- The Varanasi CGD project will be developed simultaneously with the Jagdishpur ¬ Haldia and Bokaro ¬ Dhamra Pipeline project, which is being done for the first time in the country.
- The project, with an estimated capital investment of Rs.1000 crores, is expected to connect 50,000 households with piped natural gas (PNG) and provide compressed natural gas (CNG) to 20,000 vehicles through 20 CNG stations.
- The 2,540 km JHBDPL project is being executed at an investment of Rs 12,940 crores, which includes 40% capital grant (i.e. Rs 5,176 crores) from the Government of India.
- It will pass through five states, i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, covering 40 districts.
Reference:
http://www.gailonline.com/final_site/pressrelease-24-10-16.html
http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pms-speech-in-varanasi-laying-the-foundation-stone-of-urja-ganga-project-png-pipeline-doubling-varanasi-allahabad-rail-track-24-10-2016/?comment=disable