New Delhi, April 9 -- Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), Kamal Kishore Chatiwal, on Thursday said the pace of piped natural gas (PNG) connections across India has become three times faster compared to the pre-war period (US-Iran war), with the industry targeting 30,000 new connections per day going ahead.

"The connection that we used to have in the pre-war period has become three times faster in today's date. Earlier, it used to be 3-4 thousand in the entire India, but now it has become 10-12 thousand," he said.

Speaking on gas availability and expansion of the city gas distribution network, Chatiwal said the entire City Gas Distribution (CGD) industry has significantly accelerated connection rollout after various oper...