NEW DELHI: CNG sales in Delhi have risen to 85% of the pre-lockdown level as the Arvind Kejriwal government progressively opened up markets, allowed businesses and other economic activities to resume after the Centre began lifting curbs since June.
Data from Indraprastha Gas Ltd, the sole supplier in the capital and most of the towns in neighbouring UP, show CNG sales averaging 27.5 lakh kg per day in August against 34.5 lakh kg per day in the same month a year ago.
Company managing director A K Jana said on working days sales are hovering between 92% and 95% of pre-Covid level. PNG, or piped gas supplies, to industrial units are also back at 100%. “Only piped supplies to hotels and restaurants etc., which is not a large volume, are still lagging,” he said.
