India, Aug. 3 -- The land acquisition process for the pipeline in West Bengal is slow, says GAIL, the Union government's nodal agency for supplying CNG

The chances of compressed natural gas ( CNG ) - an environment-friendly automotive fuel - reaching Kolkata seem distant. Work on the pipeline to carry the gas from Uttar Pradesh's Phulpur to Kolkata has been stalled indefinitely at one stretch.

The land acquisition process for completing work at one stretch of the 858-kilometre-long pipeline from West Bengal's Durgapur to Kolkata was in limbo, said the Gas Authority of India (GAIL) Ltd, the Union government's nodal agency for CNG.

Kolkata is one of the few major cities in India where CNG is yet to reach. The fuel is considered critical ...