Parliament Question: Expansion of CNG Stations in Bundelkhand

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6th August, 2026 EXPANSION OF CNG STATIONS IN BUNDELKHAND †3108. SHRI AJENDRA SINGH LODHI: पेट(cid:332)ोिलयम और (cid:366)ाकृ ितक गैस मं(cid:361)ी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the number of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations currently operational in the country, State/UT-wise and district-wise;

(b) the details of the States having the highest number of operational CNG stations and the States having the lowest number, along with the district-wise number of operational CNG stations in Uttar Pradesh; and

(c) whether the Government has any proposal or time-bound action plan to provide CNG facilities in all districts of the Bundelkhand region, namely Hamirpur, Mahoba, Banda, Chitrakoot, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Jhansi, if so, the details thereof along with the time by which CNG facilities are likely to be provided in all the districts of the Bundelkhand region? ANSWER पेट(cid:332)ोिलयम और (cid:366)ाकृ ितक गैस मं(cid:361)ालय म(cid:336) रा(cid:475) मं(cid:361)ी ((cid:373)ी सुरेश गोपी) MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

(a) to (c) Establishment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations is part of the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) Network, which is carried out by the entities authorized by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). After completion of 12/12A CGD bidding round, PNGRB has authorized entities for the development of CGD network in 309 Geographical Areas

(GAs), covering the entire mainland area across the country. CGD infrastructure roll out is undertaken by the authorised entities in accordance with the authorization granted by PNGRB and approved project plan. As on 31.05.2026, the authorised entities have established 8,980 CNG stations across the country. State-wise, district-wise details of CNG stations is at Annexure-I.

Bundelkhand region is part of 4 Geographical Areas (GAs) namely Jhansi GA, Jhansi (EAAA) District, Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Districts GA, Kanpur (EAAA) District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts GA and Banda, Chitrakoot and Mahoba Districts GA. The district wise details of CNG stations in these GAs is at Annexure II.

****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2026 REGARDING EXPANSION OF CNG STATIONS IN BUNDELKHAND State and district - wise number of CNG stations across the country as on 31.05.2026 States/UT District Covered CNG Stations Andhra Pradesh Anantapur District 17 Chittoor District 21 East Godavari District 29 Guntur District 23 Krishna District 65 Kurnool District 7 Prakasam District 8 Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District 20 Srikakulam District 2 Visakhapatnam District 20 Vizianagarm District 3 West Godavari District 16 YSR (Kadapa) District 11 Andhra Pradesh Total 242 Arunachal Pradesh Anjaw and Lohit districts 0 Changlang and Namsai 0 Dibang Valley and Lower Dibang Valley 0 East Kameng and PakkeKessang 0 East Siang and Upper Siang 0 Kamle Lower Siang and Lepa Rada 0 KraDaadi and KurungKumey districts 0 Papum Pare and Lower Subansiri 0 Shi Yomi and Siang 0 Tawang and West Kameng 0 Tirap and Longding districts 0 Upper Subansiri and West Siang 0 Arunachal Pradesh Total 0 Assam Bajali District 0 Baksa District 1 Barpeta District 3 Biswanath Chariali District 0 Bongaigaon District 2 Cachar District 3 Charaideo District 0 Chirang District 2 Darrang District 0 Dhemaji District 1 Dhubri District 1 Dibrugarh District 5 Dima Hasao District 0 Goalpara District 2 Golaghat District 1Hailakandi District 0 Hojai District 0 Jorhat District 1 Kamrup Districts 1 Kamrup Metropolitan District 7 Karbi Anglong District 0 Karimganj District 0 Kokrajhar District 3 Lakhimpur District 0 Morigaon District 2 Nagaon District 7 Nalbari District 1 Sivasagar District 1 Sonitpur District 0 South Salmara District 0 Tinsukia District 2 Udalgiri District 0 West Karbi Anglong District 0 Assam Total 46 Bihar Araria District 3 Arwal District 1 Aurangabad District 5 Banka 8 Begusarai District 10 Bhagalpur Districts 4 Bhojpur District 6 Buxar District 3 Darbhanga District 6 East Champaran District 12 Gaya District 17 Gopalganj District 8 Jamui District 2 Jehanabad District 3 Kaimur District 3 Katihar District 2 Khagaria District 1 Kishanganj District 1 Lakhisarai District 6 Madhepura Districts 3 Madhubani District 6 Munger District 2 Muzaffarpur District 20 Nalanda District 10 Nawada District 2 Patna District 39 Purnia District 5 Rohtas District 8 Saharsa District 3 Samastipur Districts 10 Saran District 11 Sheikhpura District 4Sheohar District 2 Sitamarhi District 6 Siwan District 3 Supaul District 6 Vaishali District 7 West Champaran District 3 Bihar Total 251 Chandigarh Chandigarh District 10 Chandigarh Total 10 Chhattisgarh Balod District 2 Baloda Bazar District 2 Balrampur 3 Bemetara District 1 Bilaspur District 5 Dhamtari District 3 Durg District 11 Gariyaband District 0 Janjgir-Champa District 0 Jashpur District 0 Kabirdham District 1 Kanker District 1 Korba District 0 Koriya 7 Mahasamund District 7 Mungeli District 3 Raigarh District 0 Raipur District 7 Raj Nandgaon District 8 Surajpur 3 Surguja 7 Bastar 2 Bijapur 0 Dantewada 0 Kondagaon 0 Narayanpur 0 Sukma 0 Chhattisgarh Total 73 Dadra & Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar Haveli District 6 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 6 Total Delhi NCT of Delhi 458 Delhi Total 458 Goa North Goa District 7 South Goa District 8 Goa Total 15 Gujarat Ahmedabad District 140 Amreli District 15 Anand District 44 Aravali District 22 Banaskantha District 67Barwala and Ranpur Talukas 5 Bharuch District 45 Bhavnagar District 31 Botad Districts 10 Chhota Udaipur District 6 Dahod District 19 Dangs District 1 Devbhoomi Dwarka District 6 Gandhinagar District 56 Gir Somnath District 20 Jamnagar Districts 25 Junagadh District 19 Kheda District 47 Kutch District 19 Mahisagar District 14 Mehsana District 45 Morbi District 28 Narmada (Rajpipla) District 10 Navsari District 33 Panchmahal District 31 Patan District 25 Porbandar District 10 Rajkot District 74 Sabarkantha District 27 Surat District 84 Surendranagar District 40 Tapi District 4 Vadodara District 56 Valsad District 30 Gujarat Total 1108 Haryana Ambala District 20 Bhiwani District 17 Charkhi Dadri District 10 Faridabad District 36 Fatehabad District 13 Gurugram District 90 Hisar District 33 Jhajjar District 39 Jind District 24 Kaithal District 16 Karnal District 30 Kurukshetra District 14 Mahendragarh District 29 Nuh District 11 Palwal District 35 Panchkula District 15 Panipat District 19 Rewari District 44 Rohtak District 33 Sirsa District 11 Sonipat District 54Yamunanagar District 15 Haryana Total 608 Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur District 3 Chamba District 0 Hamirpur District 3 Kangra District 3 Kinnaur District 0 Kullu District 1 Lahaul & Spiti District 0 Mandi District 2 Shimla District 0 Sirmaur District 2 Solan District 3 Una District 9 Himachal Pradesh Total 26 Jharkhand Bokaro District 17 Chatra District 6 Deoghar Districts 2 Dhanbad District 11 Dumka 10 East Singhbhum District 16 Garhwa District 2 Giridih District 4 Godda 3 Gumla District 4 Hazaribagh District 7 Jamtara 3 Khunti District 5 Koderma District 3 Latehar District 2 Lohardaga District 1 Pakur 3 Palamu District 6 Ramgarh District 3 Ranchi District 27 Sahibganj 2 Seraikela-Kharsawan District 18 Simdega District 2 West Singhbhum District 2 Jharkhand Total 159 Karnataka Bagalkot District 12 Balliari District 26 Belgaum District 16 Bengaluru Rural District 52 Bengaluru Urban District 106 Bidar District 22 Chamarajanagar District 4 Chikkaballapur District 5 Chikkamagaluru District 6 Chitradurga District 16 Dakshina Kannada District 42Devangere District 12 Dharwad District 12 Gadag District 18 Hassan District 13 Haveri District 10 Kalaburagi District 13 Kodagu District 3 Kolar District 11 Koppal District 7 Mandya District 13 Mysuru District 16 Raichur District 6 Ramanagara District 25 Shivamogga District 12 Tumkur District 13 Udupi District 12 Uttara Kannada District 5 Vijayapura District 10 Yadgir District 2 Karnataka Total 520 Kerala Alapuzzha District 16 Ernakulam District 21 Idukki District 2 Kannur District 21 Kasargod District 10 Kollam District 9 Kottayam District 16 Kozhikode District 30 Malappuram District 35 Palakkad District 29 Pattanamtitta District 6 Thiruvananthapuram District 23 Thrissur Districts 32 Wayanad District 4 Kerala Total 254 Madhya Pradesh Agar Malwa District 5 Alirajpur District 3 Anuppur District 4 Ashoknagar District 3 Balaghat District 1 Barwani District 10 Betul District 3 Bhind District 5 Bhopal District 32 Burhanpur District 5 Chattarpur District 8 Chhindwara District 5 Damoh District 0 Datia District 2 Dewas District 10 Dhar District 5Dindori District 0 Guna District 6 Gwalior District 39 Harda District 5 Hoshangabad District 0 Indore District 80 Jabalpur District 8 Jhabua District 8 Katni District 0 Khandwa District 9 Khargone District 13 Mandla District 2 Mandsaur District 1 Morena District 7 Narsinghpur District 1 Neemuch District 3 Niwari District 0 Panna District 3 Raisen District 10 Rajgarh District 10 Ratlam District 8 Rewa District 8 Sagar District 5 Satna District 19 Sehore District 15 Seoni District 0 Shajapur District 5 Shahdol District 8 Sheopur District 3 Shivpuri District 6 Sidhi District 7 Singrauli District 5 Tikamgarh District 3 Ujjain District 27 Umaria District 0 Vidisha District 3 Madhya Pradesh Total 428 Maharashtra Ahmednagar District 76 Akola District 7 Amravati District 16 Aurangabad District 52 Beed District 9 Bhandara District 5 Buldana District 15 Chandrapur District 3 Dhule District 22 Garchiroli District 1 Gondiya District 9 Hingoli District 8 Jalgaon District 2 Jalna District 0Kolhapur District 33 Latur District 31 Mumbai City District 57 Mumbai sub-urban District 95 Nagpur District 39 Nanded District 27 Nashik District 89 Osamanabad District 18 Palghar District 28 Parbhani District 14 Pune District 210 Raigarh District 100 Ratnagiri District 33 Sangli District 40 Satara District 46 Sindhudurg District 19 Solapur District 34 Thane District 166 Wardha District 5 Washim District 3 Yavatmal District 7 Nandurbar District 5 Maharashtra Total 1324 Manipur Bishnupur, Kakching and Tengnoupal 0 districts Chandel, Churachandpur and Pherzawl 0 districts Imphal East and Thoubal districts 0 Imphal West and Kangpokpi districts 0 Jiribam 0 Kamjong and Ukhrul districts 0 Noney districts 0 Senapati districts 0 Tamenglong districts 0 Manipur Total 0 Meghalaya East Garo Hills and North Garo Hills 0 East Jaintia Hills and West Jaintia Hills 0 East Khasi Hills 0 Eastern West Khasi Hills 0 Ri Bhoi 4 South Garo Hills and South West Khasi 0 Hills West Garo Hills and South West Garo 0 Hills West Khasi Hills 0 Meghalaya Total 4 Mizoram Aizawl and Saitual districts 0 Lunglei, Serchhip and Hnahthial districts 0 Mizoram Total 0 Nagaland Chumoukedima districts 0 Dimapur, Kohima and Peren districts 0Kiphire, Phek and Tuensang districts 0 Longleng and Mon districts 0 Mokokchung and Wokha districts 0 Niuland districts 0 Noklak districts 0 Shamator districts 0 Tseminyu districts 0 Zunheboto districts 0 Nagaland Total 0 Odisha Angul District 9 Balasore District 5 Bargarh District 12 Bhadrak District 4 Bolangir District 1 Boudh District 0 Cuttack District 14 Debagarh District 2 Dhekanal District 5 Gajapati District 4 Ganjam District 4 Jagatsinghpur District 3 Jajpur District 14 Jharsuguda District 2 Kalahandi District 1 Kandhamal District 0 Kendrapara District 6 Kendujhar District 11 Khordha District 24 Koraput District 3 Malkangiri District 0 Mayurbhanj District 4 Nabarangpur District 1 Nayagarh District 0 Nuapada District 1 Puri District 7 Rayagada District 0 Sambalpur District 13 Sonepur District 0 Sundargarh District 9 Odisha Total 159 Punjab Amritsar District 17 Barnala District 6 Bhatinda District 19 Faridkot District 7 Fatehgarh Sahib District 16 Fazilka District 0 Ferozepur District 12 Gurdaspur District 18 Hoshiarpur District 23 Jalandhar District 27 Kapurthala District 4Ludhiana District 23 Mansa District 7 Moga District 5 Pathankot District 4 Patiala District 22 Rupnagar District 20 Sangrur District 10 SAS Nagar District 32 SBS Nagar District 3 Sri Muktsar Sahib Districts 8 Tarn Taran District 6 Fazilka (except area already authorized) 18 District Punjab Total 307 Rajasthan Ajmer District 55 Alwar District 21 Banswara District 8 Baran District 6 Barmer District 13 Bharatpur District 16 Bikaner District 7 Bilwara District 17 Bundi District 3 Chittorgarh District 15 Churu District 4 Dausa District 22 Dholpur District 9 Dungarpur District 8 Ganganagar District 11 Hanumangarh District 5 Jaipur District 57 Jaisalmer District 1 Jalore District 9 Jhalawar District 2 Jhunjunu District 11 Jodhpur District 32 Karauli District 6 Kota District 25 Nagaur District 11 Pali District 18 Rajsamand District 7 Sawai Madhopur District 9 Sikar District 21 Sirohi District 23 Tonk District 18 Udaipur District 29 Rajasthan Total 499 Sikkim Gangtok districts 0 Gyalshing districts 0 Mangan districts 0 Namchi districts 0Pakyong districts 0 Soreng districts 0 Sikkim Total 0 Tamil Nadu Ariyalur District 0 Chennai District 59 Coimbatore District 43 Cuddalore District 13 Dharmapuri District 5 Dindigul District 3 Erode District 66 Kallakkurichi District 1 Kanchipuram District 52 Kanyakumari District 4 Karur District 2 Krishnagiri District 13 Madurai District 13 Nagapatinam District 10 Namakkal District 23 Nigiris District 1 Perambalur District 5 Pudukottai District 4 Ramanathapuram District 9 Salem District 24 Sivaganga District 1 Tenkasi District 2 Thanjavur District 4 Theni District 4 Thoothukudi District 6 Tiruchirapalli District 25 Tiruneveli District 4 Tiruppur District 36 Tiruvallur District 28 Tiruvannamalai District 6 Tiruvarur District 6 Vellore District 19 Villupuram District 4 Virudhnagar District 11 Tamil Nadu Total 506 Telangana Adilabad District 4 Bhadradri Kothagudem District 5 Hyderabad District 32 Jagtial District 1 Jangaon District 1 Jayashankar Boopalpally District 1 Kamareddy District 3 Karimnagar District 4 Khammam District 8 Kumuram Bheem Asifabad District 0 Mahbubabad District 1 Mancherial District 3 Medak District 6Medchal-Malkajgiri District 25 Nalgonda District 11 Nirmal District 3 Nizamabad District 16 Peddapalle District 3 Rajanna Sircilla District 1 Ranga Reddy District 60 Sangareddy District 15 Siddipet District 6 Suryapet District 4 Vikarabad District 5 Warangal Rural District 2 Warangal Urban District 6 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District 8 Telangana Total 234 Telangana Jogulamba Gadwal District 3 Mahabubnagar District 5 Nagarkurnool District 1 Narayanpet District 1 Wanaparthy District 2 Telangana Total 12 Tripura Dhalai District 0 Gomati District 10 Khowai District 2 North Tripura District 0 Sepahijala District 3 South Tripura District 0 Unakoti District 0 West Tripura District 15 Tripura Total 30 UT of Daman & Diu Daman District 5 Diu District 1 UT of Daman & Diu 6 Total UT of Jammu & Kashmir Anantnag districts 0 and Ladakh Bandipora districts 0 Baramulla districts 0 Budgam districts 0 Doda districts 0 Ganderbal districts 0 Kargil districts 0 Kishtwar districts 0 Kulgam districts 0 Kupwara districts 0 Leh districts 0 Poonch districts 0 Pulwama districts 0 Rajouri districts 0 Ramban districts 0 Shopian districts 0 Srinagar districts 0Jammu District 2 Kathua District 0 Reasi District 0 Samba District 1 Udhampur District 0 UT of Jammu and 3 Kashmir Total UT of Puducherry Karaikal District 3 Mahe District 2 Puducherry District 2 Yanam 8 UT of Puducherry Total 15 Uttar Pradesh Agra District 33 Aligarh District 19 Allahabad District 21 Ambedkarnagar District 8 Amethi District 11 Amroha District 12 Auraiya District 5 Azamgarh District 17 Bagpat District 15 Bahraich 20 Ballia District 7 Balrampur 7 Banda District 10 Barabanki District 22 Bareilly District 61 Basti District 10 Bhadohi District 2 Bijnor District 29 Budaun District 24 Bulandshahr District 42 Chandauli District 12 Chitrakoot District 2 Deoria District 10 Etah District 18 Etawah District 17 Faizabad District 8 Farrukhabad District 14 Fatehpur District 9 Firozabad District 15 Ghaziabad Districts 70 Ghazipur District 4 Gonda District 9 Gorakhpur District 22 Goutam Buddh Nagar District 72 Hamirpur District 4 Hapud District 9 Hardoi District 31 Hathras District 5 Jalaun District 4Jaunpur District 15 Jhansi District 21 Kannauj District 13 Kanpur District 78 Kanpur Dehat District 19 Kasganj District 5 Kausambi District 9 Kushinagar District 6 Lakhimpur Kheri 30 Lalitpur District 1 Lucknow District 48 Maharajganj 17 Mahoba District 7 Mainpuri District 25 Mathura District 35 Mau District 6 Meerut District 40 Mirzapur District 17 Moradabad District 29 Muzaffarnagar District 24 Pilibhit District 15 Pratapgarh District 12 Rai Bareli District 17 Rampur District 16 Saharanpur District 18 Sambhal (except area already authorized) 1 District Sant Kabir Nagar District 6 Shahjahanpur District 22 Shamali District 6 Shrawasti 10 Siddharth Nagar 12 Sitapur 31 Sonbhadra District 4 Sultanpur District 2 Unnao District 4 Varanasi District 44 Uttar Pradesh Total 1375 Uttrakhand Almora District 0 Bageshwar District 0 Chamoli District 0 Chmpawat District 1 Dehradun District 15 Haridwar District 12 Nainital District 12 Pauri Garhwal District 2 Pithoragarh District 0 Rudraprayag District 0 Tehri Garwal District 1 Udham Singh Nagar District 14 Uttarkashi District 0Uttrakhand Total 57 West Bengal Alipurduar District 6 Bankura District 16 Birbhum 7 Burdwan District 26 Dakshin Dinajpur 1 Darjeeling District 6 East Mednipore District 5 Hoogly District 27 Howrah District 14 Jalpaiguri District 8 Jhargram District 0 Koch Bihar District 11 Kolkata District 9 Maldah 4 Murshidabad 11 Nadia District 18 North 24 Parganas District 25 Purulia District 14 South 24 Parganas District 26 Uttar Dinajpur District 8 West Mednipore District 3 West Bengal Total 245 Grand Total 8980 (Source: PNGRB) *****ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2026 REGARDING EXPANSION OF CNG STATIONS IN BUNDELKHAND Sr. GA ID Name of GA Date of District Covered Name of Authorized CNG No. Target Entity Stations Completion 1 2.03 Jhansi 31-Mar-19 Jhansi District Central UP Gas 11 Limited 2 10.31 Jhansi (EAAA) District, 31-Mar-29 Jalaun District Adani Total Gas 4 Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur Jhansi District Limited 10 and Datia Districts Lalitpur District 1 3 10.42 Kanpur (EAAA) 31-Mar-29 Hamirpur Indraprastha Gas District, District Limited 4 Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts 4 11.63 Banda, Chitrakoot and 30-Jun-30 Banda District Indraprastha Gas 10 Mahoba Mahoba District Limited 7 Chitrakoot 2 District Total 49 (source: PNGRB) *****