Question: Recently, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the first PNG project of Odisha in Bhubaneswar. The goal of this project is to-
(a) Provide 10 million PNG connections in the state by 2021.
(b) Provide 10 million PNG connections in the state by the year 2020.
(c) Provide 50 million PNG connections by 2019
(d) Provide 75 lakh PNG connections in the state by the year 2020.
Answer- (b)
Related Facts:
- On October 20th, 2017, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched supply of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) for the residents of Bhubaneswar.
- This PNG supply project is a part of ‘Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga’, which will pass through five states, i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.
- With this, GAIL started supply of environment-friendly PNG to 255 houses in Nalco Nagar located at Chandrasekharpur area here.
- GAIL also plans to provide PNG connections in the near future covering a total of 1,000 houses.
- The pipeline is presently under construction and likely to be completed by 2019.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=171830
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/tV8WxB2zHnEPLsJZQLR2wM/Dharmendra-Pradhan-launches-piped-natural-gas-project-in-Odi.html
http://www.jagran.com/odisha/bhubaneshwar-union-minister-dharmendra-pradhan-launched-png-supply-to-nalco-nagar-in-bhubaneswar-16888568.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/dharmendra-pradhan-launches-odisha-s-first-png-supply-in-bhubaneswar-117102000318_1.html