Alipurduar, May 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid foundation stone of City Gas Distribution project in Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts in West Bengal on Thursday.

The project, worth over Rs 1010 crore, aims to provide Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to more than 2.5 Lakh households, over 100 commercial establishments, and industries, and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to vehicular traffic by establishing around 19 CNG stations in line with the Minimum Work Program (MWP) targets stipulated by the Government.

Speaking at the event, PM Modi said India has made unprecedented progress in the energy sector in the last few years,

"Today, our country is rapidly progressing towards an energy-based economy... The city gas distributi...