India, March 31 -- Delhi power minister Ashish Sood on Monday directed officials to accelerate the expansion of piped natural gas (PNG) connections in the national capital and conduct an intensive door-to-door campaign to encourage residents to adopt PNG, amid the West Asia crisis.

Sood said directions were issued to expand PNG coverage across the city in the next quarter.

He chaired a high-level meeting to review PNG expansion in Delhi. Senior officials from IGL, the Urban Development Department, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Delhi Jal Board, and the Delhi government were present.

During the meeting, it was highlighted that Delhi has the capacity to provide approximately 1.8 million PNG connections, of which around 1.4...