New Delhi, March 28 -- A roundtable review meeting on "Expansion of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) Services and Maintaining Essential Services" in urban areas was held on Saturday at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi, bringing together key stakeholders to deliberate on accelerating PNG network expansion across urban India and ensuring uninterrupted delivery of essential services.

As per the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, a detailed presentation by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas outlined the current status of PNG rollout, emphasising its advantages over LPG in terms of safety, reliability, affordability and environmental sustainability. Key challenges identified included delays in municipal permissions, Right of Way (RoW) approvals and h...