Jagadish Shettar, the Chief Minister of Karnataka has urged the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M. Veerappa Moily to help develop the CNG infrastructure in the state capital, Bangalore.

The CM wrote in a letter to Moily that the state government is looking to establish CNG infrastructure in the city on a priority basis. The Karnataka State Industrial Infrastructure and Development Corporation have entered into an agreement with GAIL to set up a joint venture for the distribution of gas to consumers in the State. It is believed that the joint venture could help in the rollout of CNG infrastructure in Bangalore.

Mr. Shettar said, “You will appreciate that availability of CNG in Bangalore will provide an option of clean fuel to the transport sector of city and will lead to reduced pollution level. Your kind intervention is sought for issuance of suitable directions to enable Karnataka to execute this project on priority through the JV company.”

The CM also asked the centre to make sure that GAIL’s Dabhol-Bangalore pipeline is connected to Dharwad, Bhadravati, Udupi and Mangalore as soon as possible. He claimed that the linkage will not only enable distribution of natural gas in these cities but will also help in optimal utilization of the pipeline capacity for GAIL.