Bengal Gas Company Limited (BGCL) is planning to establish about 90 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations and 0.5 million domestic piped natural gas (PNG) connections in West Bengal over a period of five years.
Besides, it is likely to set up 12 CNG stations and provide around 25,000 domestic PNG connections in Greater Kolkata by December 2025. With this, the number of CNG stations would increase to 30.
Additionally, BGCL’s Bagbazar CNG station and Bela Energy station have also been inaugurated.
BGCL is a joint venture (JV) of GAIL (India) Limited and Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Company Limited (GCGSCL).