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Public Notice 8th September 2014

CGD Bidding Rounds for grant of Authorization to develop CGD networks

[ PNGRB received total 44 bids for grant of Authorisation for development of CGD networks in 9 GAs out of 14 GAs covered under 4th round CGD bidding. Since, no bids have been received for the balance 5 GAs, PNGRB has extended the Bid Submission date in respect of these 5 GAs upto 11.09.2014. The details of the GAs covered and the entities which submitted bids under 4th round CGD bidding are at Annex-I.

2. PNGRB has decided to cover all the GAs (Districts) having natural gas pipeline connectivity at present in the next two bidding rounds with about 20 GAs per round based on the criteria of higher population and broad spread in different States, with a maximum of four GAs per State in any round. PNGRB has identified 41 GAs for covering in 5th and 6th bidding rounds based on natural gas pipeline connectivity at present. The details of these 41 GAs are at Annex-II.

3. PNGRB has identified another 30 GAs, which could have natural gas pipeline connectivity and which could be covered under subsequent bidding rounds. Details of these GAs are at Annex-III.

OSD(R) ANNEX-I 4TH ROUND CGD BIDDING (11.08.2014)

S.No Name of the GA Name of the Bidder 1 Ernakulam District IMC Ltd., Kerala Gail Gas Ltd., Indian Oil-Adani (Karnatka) Gas (P) Ltd., Essel Gas Company Ltd., Corporation Ltd., Synergy Steels Ltd. 2 Bengaluru Rural and Corporation Ltd., Gas Urban Districts Company Ltd., IMC Ltd., Ltd., (Karnatka) Gail Gas Ltd., Indian Oil-Adani Gas (P) Ltd., Essel Gas Company Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. 3 Raigarh District excluding Maharastra Natural Gas Ltd., Mahanagar Gas Ltd. , areas already authorized Consortium of Mahesh Resources (P) Ltd. and () others 4 Pune District excluding Maharastra Natural Gas Ltd., Consortium of areas already authorized Mahesh Resources (P) Ltd. and others (Maharashtra) 5 District excluding Mahanagar Gas Ltd., Gujarat Gas Company Ltd., areas already authorized Essel Gas Company Ltd. (Maharashtra) 6 UT of Daman Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., GSPC Gas Company Ltd., Gail Gas Ltd., Indian Oil-Adani Gas (P) Ltd., Synergy Steels Ltd., Consortium of Bucon Engineers & Infrastructure (P) Ltd. and others 7 UT of Dadra and Nagar Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., GSPC Gas Haveli Company Ltd., Gail Gas Ltd., Indian Oil-Adani Gas (P) Ltd., Synergy Steels Ltd., Consortium of Mahesh Resources (P) Ltd. and others 8 Panipat District (Haryana) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Gail Gas Ltd., Gujarat State Petronet Ltd., Indian Oil-Adani Gas (P) Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Synergy Steels Ltd. 9 Amritsar District (Punjab) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Gail Gas Ltd., Gujarat State Petronet Ltd., Indian Oil-Adani Gas (P) Ltd. 10 Ranga Reddy & Medak Districts (Andhra Pradesh) 11 Nalgonda District (Andhra No Bids received. Bid Submission date extended Pradesh) upto 11.09.2014 12 Khammam District (Andhra Pradesh) 13 Shahjahanpur District (Uttar Pradesh) 14 Guna District (Madhya Pradesh)

ANNEX-II

List of GAs(Districts) having natural gas pipeline connectivity at present identified for covering in 5th & 6th bidding rounds

S.No. GAs (District) State S.No. GAs (District) GAs (District)

1 East Godavari Andhra Pradesh 22 Bhiwani Haryana

2 Belgaum Karnataka 23 Ratnagiri Maharashtra

3 Ahmadnagar Maharashtra 24 Amreli Gujarat

4 Krishna Andhra Pradesh 25 Bhatinda Punjab

5 Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh 26 Auraiya Uttar Pradesh

6 West Godavari Andhra Pradesh 27 Patan Gujarat

7 Badaun Uttar Pradesh 28 Baghpat Uttar Pradesh

8 Aligarh Uttar Pradesh 29 Etawah Uttar Pradesh

9 Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh 30 Yamunanagar Haryana

10 Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh 31 Shahdol Madhya Pradesh

11 Raibarielly Uttar Pradesh 32 Gadag Karnataka

12 Banaskantha Gujarat 33 Jhabua Madhya Pradesh

13 Latur Maharashtra 34 Nainital Uttarakhand

14 Dhar Madhya Pradesh 35 Rewari Haryana

15 Dahod Gujarat 36 North Goa Goa

16 Haridwar Uttarakhand 37 Datia Madhya Pradesh

17 Mainpuri Uttar Pradesh 38 Rupnagar Punjab

18 Shivpuri Madhya Pradesh 39 Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab

19 Bidar Karnataka 40 Amethi Uttar Pradesh

20 Osmanabad Maharashtra 41 Hapur Uttar Pradesh

21 Udham Singh Uttarakhand Nagar

ANNEX-III

List of GAs (Districts) which could have natural gas pipeline connectivity and could be covered in subsequent bidding rounds

S.No GAs (District) State/ Union S.No GAs (District) State/ Union Territory Territory 1 Guntur Andhra Pradesh 16 Ramanagaram Karnataka 2 Warangal Andhra Pradesh 17 Nagpur Maharashtra 3 Hissar Haryana 18 Solapur Maharashtra 4 Karnal Haryana 19 Kolhapur Maharashtra 5 Jind Haryana 20 Satara Maharashtra 6 Ambala Haryana 21 Chandrapur Maharashtra 7 Rohtak Haryana 22 Gadchiroli Maharashtra 8 Kurukshetra Haryana 23 Wardha Maharashtra 9 Tumkur Karnataka 24 Patiala Punjab 10 Gulbarga Karnataka 25 Sangrur Punjab 11 Bellary Karnataka 26 Yanam UT Puducherry 12 Davangere Karnataka 27 Hardoi Uttar Pradesh 13 Dharwad Karnataka 28 Rampur Uttar Pradesh 14 Shimoga Karnataka 29 Hathras Uttar Pradesh 15 Chitradurga Karnataka 30 Dehradun Uttarakhand