LPG, natural gas supply through pipelines soon

A handful of apartment complexes have installed the reticulated system (in-built pipe lines for LPG distribution) in the city and in other major cities such as Hyderabad. As per the reticulated system, the LPG will be provided to individual households in an apartment complex.
Mr Abid Khatri of HPCL observed, “The system will be an in-built one and installed during construction by the builder himself. The LPG will be provided to all the individual apartments and consumption will be tagged with the help of a metre gauge.”
When asked if HPCL had anything to do with the installation or restoration work, he said, “We will issue a permit for the construction of the pipeline to a responsible builder. As for maintenance, we will help the various resident bodies or association by supervising and providing technical support for maintenance work.”
Mr Khatri, however, noted that the trend was yet to catch up and only a few apartment complexes in the city, some under construction boasted of this facility. Sources further disclosed that natural gas would be provided for domestic use, under the Krishna-Godavari Basin Gas Network Programme.
They added that various companies from their rigs would supply gas to regions in and around Hyderabad, Kakinada, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam by the end of the year 2010.