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City gas distribution companies under pressure; MGL, IGL decline up to 5%

PNGRB has said the regulation for allowing competition in CGD areas will be notified in the next one to one and a half months.

As emphasised in the 2020 Budget speech, about 27,000 km of national gas grid pipeline would be completed in the coming years connecting Kutch to Kohima and Kashmir to Kanniyakumari
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Analysts at Edelweiss Securities note that given IGL is opening 40 new CNG stations per year amid low penetration, it would log healthy growth in existing geographies.

SI Reporter Mumbai
Shares of city gas distribution (CGD) companies such as Mahanagar Gas (MGL) and Indraprastha Gas (IGL) were under pressure on Tuesday. The shares slipped up to 5 per cent in the intra-day trade on the BSE on Tuesday after Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) said the regulation for allowing competition in CGD areas will be notified in the next one to one and a half months.

The stock of MGL slipped 5 per cent to Rs 1,025, while IGL was down nearly 5 per cent at Rs 421 in intra-day trade on the BSE. At 10:31 am, the two