Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) – Petroleum & Natural Gas in his address during the function said that GOI is going to invest around Rs. 3000 crorein various projects in the state of West Bengal to augment the LPG supply system & enhance the employment availability by adding close to 10000 new jobs.
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Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan expressed dismay at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee giving a miss to the launch of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in Kolkata on Sunday.
“The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board has started the process for a pipeline from Contai in West Bengal via Haldia to Duttapulia (Nadia district) on the India-Bangladesh border for supplying oil and natural gas”, Pradhan said adding that the same pipeline can be routed to Siliguri in West Bengal to cater to the needs of the northern part of West Bengal.
“This scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened the doors of petroleum sector for poor people also”, the Chief Minister said.The occasion was marked with the presence of several State Cabinet ministers, Government officials and others. A total budget of RS 8,000 crore has been set by the government for the distribution of LPG connections to 5 crore BPL families by 2019.
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Under an ambitious project by the Union petroleum ministry, pipelines carrying cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will be sent to the households directly.
Talking about Kolkata, Pradhan assured households within the KMC limits that they will be able to avail PNG in the next “two to three years”. “The West Bengal government is cooperating with the Centre”, he said.
The minister said 40 per cent of the cost of this plan would be borne by the Union government and the rest 60 per cent by state-owned GAIL.
The proposed pipeline would help the fertiliser plants in states through which it would pass – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
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To meet the domestic requirement of LNG, the minister said bookings had been already made from the US, Australia, Mozambique, Iran, Qatar and British Columbia.
