Five districts to get cooking gas through pipes in Himachal Pradesh

SHIMLA: On the line of metro cities, domestic consumers of six districts in Himachal Pradesh would be getting piped gas supplied into their homes in coming days. On this project Rs 600 crore would be spent and it would provide employment to around 7,000 people. Foundation stone of this project would be laid on Thursday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Delhi and chief minister Jai Ram Thakur from Shimla.
The whole project would be implemented in the districts of Shimla, Solan, Sirmaur, Una, Hamirpur and Bilaspur, where around 55 piped natural gas (PNG) stations would be set up by Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum.
While interacting with mediapersons in Shimla on Tuesday, Indian Oil's Subodh Vajpayee and Sanjeev Kumar said that natural gas project in Himachal Pradesh had been divided into two groups. In first group districts of Shimla, Sirmaur and Solan would be covered, while in second group districts of Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Una would get the supply. They said work on first group was allotted to joint venture of Indian Oil and Adani Gas Private Limited under which 45 PNG stations would be set up to provide cooking gas connections to 33,000 consumers.