Noida Feb 24 PTI Suspected leakage of PNG in Noida Thursday evening triggered panic in several residential sectors of the city adjoining the national capital prompting the district administration to seek a report from the cooking gas distribution company IGL Indraprastha Gas Limited the supplier of Piped Natural Gas PNG in the area however said its officials inspected the gas pipeline network and there was no leakage in its network Panic triggered around 7 PM when locals in sectors 137 128 and 93 started sharing messages on WhatsApp about the foul smell even as several called up the officials of the police the Noida Authority and the district administration to confirm the situation Internal messages in some housing societies also cautioned residents against using the cooking gas till normalcy in the PNG pipeline was confirmed according to locals The alarm towards the smell was raised by the residents of housing societies in Sector 137 and the local police was alerted around 7 PM after which the gas pipeline was stopped as precautionary measure Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Noida Ranvijay Singh saidThe local police was out on the ground even as the exact source of the smell was yet to be located the officer saidSeveral people in the meantime took to social media to raise the matter with the IGL which assured them that their network was working fineOur teams are in the field and have checked the pipeline network in a few sectors of NOIDA where smell has been reported There is no leakage in PNG network of IGL no disruption in PNG supply IGL tweetedDistrict Magistrate Suhas L Yathiraj told PTI We have called for a report from IGL The District Supply Officer has been asked to coordinate with IGL and find out details of the matter An internal communication circulated in a housing society in Sector 137 around 9 PM Thursday informed residents about leakage of PNG gas which was identified for the whole in the main pipelineThe IGL personnel has rectified the same Our complete society is inspected by IGL personnel and found satisfactory The residents can utilise the services of PNG the internal email seen by PTI statedHowever when contacted about this IGL officials said their personnel had gone for inspection but there was no leakageNoida Federation of Apartment Owners Associations NOFAA president Rajiva Singh told PTI I have been getting calls and messages from people in Sector 128 137 and 93 among others about the foul smell since late evening As rumours about the gas leakage circulated in the city some people also suspected it could be because of the movement of resources to Sector 93A recently for the demolition of the twin towers of SupertechHowever district officials ruled out any such mishap in that area and added that explosives which are to be used for demolition of the illegal towers were yet to be moved to the sitePNG is an odourless gas but ethyl mercaptan is added to it as it provides easy detection by the users in case of a leakage Experts suggest switching off electrical appliances and cooking stoves immediately in case of a gas leakage PTI KIS TIR TIR TIR

Noida Feb 24 PTI Suspected leakage of cooking gas from several residential sectors of Noida Thursday evening triggered panic in parts of the city adjoining the national capitalHowever Indraprastha Gas Limited the supplier of Piped Natural Gas PNG in the area said its officials inspected the gas pipeline network and there was no leakage in its networkPanic triggered around 7 PM when locals in sectors 137 and 93 started sharing messages on WhatsApp about the foul smell even as several called up the officials of the police the Noida Authority and the district administration to confirm the situationInternal messages in some housing societies also cautioned residents against using the cooking gas till normalcy in the PNG pipeline was confirmed according to localsThe alarm towards the smell was raised by the residents of housing societies in Sector 137 and the local police was alerted around 7 PM after which the gas pipeline was stopped as precautionary measure Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Noida Ranvijay Singh saidThe local police was out on the ground even as the exact source of the smell was yet to be located the officer saidSeveral people in the meantime took to social media to raise the matter with the IGL which assured them that their network was working fineOur teams are in the field and have checked the pipeline network in a few sectors of NOIDA where smell has been reported There is no leakage in PNG network of IGL no disruption in PNG supply IGL tweetedNoida Federation of Apartment Owners Associations NOFAA president Rajiva Singh told PTI I have been getting calls and messages from people in Sector 128 137 and 93 among others about the foul smell since late evening PNG is an odourless gas but ethyl mercaptan is added to it as it provides easy detection by the users in case of a leakage Experts suggest switching off electrical appliances and cooking stoves immediately in case of a gas leakageThere was no official response from the district administration and the Noida Authority till the time this report was filedFurther details are awaited PTI KIS TIR TIR

CNG price in the national capital on Friday was increased by ₹2.28 per kg and piped cooking gas supplied to households by ₹2.10 following a 62% hike in natural gas prices. The new consumer price of ₹47.48 per kg in Delhi and ₹53.45 per kg in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad came into effect from 6.00 am on October […]

New Delhi Sep 30 PTI Almost a year after Delhi started a trial of 50 Hydrogen-enriched CNG buses the government is likely to abandon plans to scale it up with officials saying the reduction in nitrogen oxide NOx levels is debatable and the return and investment is not commensurate Officials also said the question of converting CNG buses to HCNG does not arise when the government has taken a conscious decision to move towards electric vehicles The city government had started a six-month trial of the Hydrogen-enriched Compressed Natural Gas HCNG in a fleet of 50 cluster buses with the inauguration of Indias first semi-commercial HCNG plant and dispensing station at the Rajghat depot here The Delhi transport department had provided Rs 15 crore for the setting up of the plant and conducting a study on the fuel to ascertain its benefits in terms of economy and emissions You have to look at the larger picture The question doesnt remain when we have taken a conscious decision of replacing and augmenting our fleet with electric vehicles a senior government official told PTI He said the study is still under evaluation and there are mixed outcomes While the fuel efficiency has increased to some extent the critical element -- whether there has been a reduction in NOx nitrogen oxides levels -- is debatable the official said A presentation was made before officials of the environment and transport departments There is a divergence of views between the Indian Oil Corporation Limited IOCL and Indraprastha Gas Limited IGL on the matter officials claimed The IOCL which has developed and patented the technology for the production of the fuel had earlier estimated that the cost escalation for shifting to HCNG buses will be about 72 paise per kilometre If at all this model has to be scaled up it entails mixing hydrogen with CNG either at source or here If you do it here its a very capital-intensive project and return and investment is not commensurate the official quoted above said The IGL is not prepared to do the mixing at source because the level to which it is required nowhere else in the world this has been done So it is a challenge he added While inaugurating the Rajghat HCNG plant which can produce four tonnes of fuel per day Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot had said the use of HCNG could be scaled up to other buses and private vehicles in Delhi once the trial is completed successfully According to reports HCNG fuel emits 70 per cent less carbon monoxide reduces total hydrocarbons emissions by around 15 per cent and increases fuel efficiency by 3-4 per cent As it is our buses operate on CNG and are less polluting Making a huge investment into a project converting CNG buses to HCNG of this nature we are not sure of its cost-benefit In any case it is a theoretical debate because we are transitioning to electric now the official said According to the Delhi governments electric vehicle policy 50 per cent of the bus fleet has to be electric by 2025 Delhi has around 6750 state-run buses Of this 3760 are owned by the Delhi Transport Corporation while the rest are cluster buses operated by private entities for the state transport department PTI GVS RHL

New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to establish waste to energy plant in Delhi to convert Municipal Solid Waste into Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG), as per a press release by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.