BIG RELIEF for Mumbaikars: CNG supply restored in Mumbai, disruption caused by damaged…
Mumbaikars took a sigh of relief as CNG supply in the city was restored after two days of disruption caused by a damaged pipeline.
Mumbai: In a major relief to Mumbaikars, the long queues for refuelling across the CNG pumps in Mumbai has ended on Tuesday as the repairing work of the damage pipeline completed on Tuesday afternoon. The disrupted supply affected thousands of autorickshaws, taxis and other CNG-run vehicles since Sunday. The transport system in Mumbai city was paralysed for two days due to the disruption in the CNG pipeline. Residents of Mumbai, specially office goers faced massive hike in autorikshaw fares.
What Did The Officials Say?
As per the officials, the repair work was completed, and the pipeline will be restored soon.
“Repairing work of the damaged pipeline for CNG supply in Mumbai is completed now at Chembur, and now the repaired pipeline is being tested. Once the testing is complete, supply will be resumed and services will start to come to normalcy. Supply is expected to be restored in next one hour or so,” said officials.
Officials later shared an update regarding the resumption of the CNG supply across pumps. The CNG supply at all fuel stations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region was restored at around 3:45 pm.
What Caused The Disruption?
As per Mahanagar Gas (MGL), the disruption in supplying CNG at petrol pumps was caused by a stoppage of supply in CGS Wadala, which affected the MGL pipeline system. Major CNG stations across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai faced the disruption.
It is to be noted that there are around 398 CNG pumps in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Out of these pumps, 152 are in the city.
The petrol dealers stated that CNG pumps experienced low pressure and had to either decrease their fuel dispensing or temporarily halt their operations.
BEST Not Affected
However, the major CNG disruption didn’t affect the bus services in the city. Sucheta Utale, public relations officer of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) stated that the bus operations were unaffected due to the CNG supply.
Earlier, MGL stated that the disruption was caused due to a stoppage of supply in the CGS Wadala. The disruption majorly affected the company’s pipeline network. This has led a massive disruptions across the CNG pumps in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai.
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