<p>Karnataka is going the CNG way. Karnataka government and Gas Authority of India Limited today agreed to set up Compressed Natural Gas stations.</p>.<p>The plan is to set up 25 CNG stations in bus depots here to start with, a number which would go up to 65 in phases.<br /><br />Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said 300 new buses the state would get under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission would be run using CNG.<br /><br />Karnataka government and GAIL have already formed a 50:50 joint venture to undertake distribution of clean natural fuel for transport and other sectors in various cities of the state.<br /><br />Siddaramaiah and GAIL Chairman and Managing Director B C Tripathi said gas would be supplied from Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline to the proposed the 700 mw gas-based Bidadi power plant and to the 450 mw Yelahanka plant, currently shut because of pollution issues but would now be restarted to run by gas.<br /><br />Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily said an additional pipeline would be laid -- a diversion of the Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline -- from Chitradurga to Udupi passing through Shimoga and Mangalore.<br /><br />Tripathi said this 350 km stretch would cost Rs 1,400 crore.<br /><br />Moily also said there are plans to have another 140-km pipeline from Chitradurga to Bellary and Tripathi said this would cost Rs 700 crore. GAIL would lay this pipeline once the industry comes forward with consumption requirements.<br /><br />The Minister noted that 80 per cent of the Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline passes through Karnataka, which now has an opportunity to create a "green corridor".<br /><br />Tripathi said the pipeline touches the highway every 100 kms and noted the possibility of having CNG stations there for the benefit of long-distance buses.<br /><br />On supply of gas to domestic users, Tripathi said a 50 km pipeline has been laid around Bangalore and the question now is to have connections inside the city which is expected within a year, while Moily, also a former Karnataka Chief Minister, said it could happen within six months.<br /></p>
<p>Karnataka is going the CNG way. Karnataka government and Gas Authority of India Limited today agreed to set up Compressed Natural Gas stations.</p>.<p>The plan is to set up 25 CNG stations in bus depots here to start with, a number which would go up to 65 in phases.<br /><br />Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said 300 new buses the state would get under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission would be run using CNG.<br /><br />Karnataka government and GAIL have already formed a 50:50 joint venture to undertake distribution of clean natural fuel for transport and other sectors in various cities of the state.<br /><br />Siddaramaiah and GAIL Chairman and Managing Director B C Tripathi said gas would be supplied from Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline to the proposed the 700 mw gas-based Bidadi power plant and to the 450 mw Yelahanka plant, currently shut because of pollution issues but would now be restarted to run by gas.<br /><br />Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily said an additional pipeline would be laid -- a diversion of the Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline -- from Chitradurga to Udupi passing through Shimoga and Mangalore.<br /><br />Tripathi said this 350 km stretch would cost Rs 1,400 crore.<br /><br />Moily also said there are plans to have another 140-km pipeline from Chitradurga to Bellary and Tripathi said this would cost Rs 700 crore. GAIL would lay this pipeline once the industry comes forward with consumption requirements.<br /><br />The Minister noted that 80 per cent of the Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline passes through Karnataka, which now has an opportunity to create a "green corridor".<br /><br />Tripathi said the pipeline touches the highway every 100 kms and noted the possibility of having CNG stations there for the benefit of long-distance buses.<br /><br />On supply of gas to domestic users, Tripathi said a 50 km pipeline has been laid around Bangalore and the question now is to have connections inside the city which is expected within a year, while Moily, also a former Karnataka Chief Minister, said it could happen within six months.<br /></p>