PNGRB adds Mizoram to gas bid round

New Delhi: Oil regulator PNGRB has added Mizoram to the areas it has offered for bidding for a licence to retail CNG and piped cooking gas in the latest city gas bid round. In a notice, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) said in continuation of the bids invited on October 13 for the development of the city gas distribution network for seven geographical areas, electronic bids are invited for the same in the state of Mizoram.

Last date of bidding is February 23, it said. PNGRB had offered seven geographical areas (GAs) of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Union territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh under the 12th city gas distribution (CGD) bidding round for retailing of CNG to automobiles and piping the fuel to household kitchens and industries.