India, May 22 -- In an ambitious push for clean energy, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has set its sights on transforming Pimpri-Chinchwad into the country's first 'LPG-free city' by encouraging households to transition from LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) cylinders to piped natural gas (PNG); officials said on Thursday. The move comes as the civic body tries to: reduce dependence on traditional LPG cylinders and promote continuous, pipeline-based gas supply as a modern urban utility.

The proposal was discussed at a meeting convened by the civic body on Wednesday with representatives of housing societies, the cooperation department and Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL), as the administration sought to build consensu...