AG&P Pratham conducts CNG Rally on World Environment Day

The Green Wheels CNG Rally’ was kicked off in Kadapa covering all segments of CNG vehicles ranging from Autos, Cars, Small & Light Commercial Vehicles to spread awareness about CNG and its benefitsAG&P Pratham has launched a ‘Mega CNG Exchange Mela’ aimed at giving easy and affordable exchange options for petrol, diesel and LPG run autos with CNG autos in Sri Balaji, Chittoor, SPSR Nellore, Kadapa, Annamayya, Sri Satya Sai and Anantapur districts.Kadapa, June 10, 2022: A leading player in the Indian City Gas Distribution (CGD) industry, AG&P Pratham conducted “The Green Wheels CNG Rally” in Kadapa on World Environment Day.

Working aggressively at the grassroots level to further the Government’s vision of migrating towards a gas-based economy, the company also carried out a public awareness campaign about the financial and environmental benefits of CNG.The Green Wheels CNG Rally that started from Rajiv Park Road, Yerramukkapalli circle to New Bus stand circle covered 5 KMs in Kadapa City, while moving through Kotireddy circle and then RTC bus stand leading to Haritha hotel.The drive was conducted in collaboration with leading OEM dealerships in the area like Bajaj, Piaggio.

The rally had participation from all segments of CNG vehicles ranging from Autos, Cars, Small & Light Commercial Vehicles to spread awareness about CNG and its benefits.In an endeavor to popularise CNG, AG&P Pratham organized a ‘Mega CNG Exchange Mela’ which focused on giving affordable exchange options for petrol, diesel and LPG run autos with CNG autos in Kadapa district.

The exchange mela holds special interest for the auto drivers as converting to CNG can benefit the drivers up to INR 10,000 every month.AG&P Pratham has also offered direct benefits worth INR 15,000 to the auto drivers during the mela.On the occasion, Mr.

GA Venkatesh, Regional Head, AG&P Pratham said, “The rally is a progressive step in furthering AG&P Pratham’s vision of providing accessible Compressed Natural Gas to all.In Kadapa, AG&P Pratham currently distributes around 800 Kgs of natural gas every day with 3 CNG stations at Kadapa, Vempalli, and Pulivendula.These CNG stations will help the residents reduce dependence on traditional fuels and move towards sustainable living with savings of 30%-50%.

The company is expected to launch 5 more stations at major demand centres in Proddtur, Vontimitta, Railway Kodur, Kadapa city, Rayachoti within this month.We believe that station in the district will enable further development of the region and encourage more people to convert to CNG and adopt sustainable living practices.

” With AG&P Pratham’s constant endeavor to create an environmentally friendly ecosystem, AG&P Pratham is promoting the use of CNG which has several merits over traditional fuels like diesel and petrol.CNG has the strongest safety record has compelling economic benefits to vehicle owners and helps combat overall ambient pollution – ultimately, helping the country in moving towards energy sufficiency and transforming into a gas-based economy.

AG&P’s India-wide CGD network plans to cover more than 278,000 square kilometers area in 34 districts across five states – Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu – and will have over 1,500 CNG stations and more than 17,000 inch-km of pipelines.AG&P is presently operating CNG Stations in the following Districts: Andhra Pradesh: Anantapur, Kadapa, Chittoor and Nellore Districts; Karnataka: Kolar, Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Bagalkot, Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Vijaipura, Shivamoga and Haveri; Tamilnadu: Kanchipuram, Chengalpet, Vellore, Ranipet and Ramanathapuram; Kerala: Alappuzha, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram; Rajasthan: Jodhpur and Barmer.With these CNG Stations and stations setup by other City Gas Companies, critical highway routes such as Chennai-Bengaluru; Bengaluru-Mangalore, Bengaluru-Hyderabad, Bengaluru-Mysuru, Mangalore-Hyderabad, Chennai-Hyderabad, Chennai-Bengaluru-Pune-Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram-Kochi-Coimbatore-Bengaluru/Chennai etc.become CNG enabled and long-distance vehicles moving in these routes can start operating on CNG.