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Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) pumps successful Mumbai witnessed agelong queues for re-fuelling connected Monday (November 17, 2025) aft a large state pipeline was damaged, disrupting proviso and affecting thousands of autorickshaws, taxis and different CNG-run vehicles.
“Several CNG pumps successful the metropolis person remained unopen since greeting owing to debased state pressure,” a typical of a section petrol dealers' assemblage said.
A ample fig of autorickshaws and taxis, including those operated by aggregators specified arsenic Ola and Uber, and immoderate buses tally by nationalist transport undertakings successful the city, trust connected the CNG supplied by the Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL).
In a connection issued connected Sunday nighttime (November 16, 2025), MGL said the disruption occurred owing to third-party harm to GAIL's main state proviso pipeline wrong the Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) compound, affecting travel to its City Gate Station (CGS) astatine Wadala, a cardinal introduction constituent for state proviso to Mumbai.
The affected proviso led to reduced unit crossed the network, with galore CNG stations successful Mumbai, neighbouring Thane and Navi Mumbai operating astatine constricted capableness oregon temporarily shutting down, resulting successful agelong queues and extended waiting times for re-fuelling. The shortage is apt to impact transport availability during the day.
Mumbai has 130 to 140 CNG pumps, including MGL's ain facilities. Many CNG pumps successful the metropolis person been non-functional since greeting owing to debased state proviso pressure, Petrol Dealers Association (Mumbai) president Chetan Modi told PTI.
He said erstwhile helium spoke to MGL officials immoderate clip back, helium was informed that enactment for the resumption of mean CNG proviso was going connected a warfare footing and mightiness instrumentality the full time for afloat restoration of the damaged pipeline astatine RCF.
"I person kept my ain pump unopen since greeting arsenic determination is nary [gas supply] pressure," Mr. Modi said. Anil Garg, person of a schoolhouse autobus operator's body, besides said their operations were deed owed to the CNG shortage.
"Many schoolhouse buses successful the Mumbai Metropolitan Region are facing problems successful getting CNG," Mr. Garg said, adding that they person been forced to harvester the schoolhouse autobus routes.
The MGL said it has prioritised proviso to residential consumers to guarantee an uninterrupted Piped Natural Gas (PNG) availability to households. It advised concern and commercialized consumers successful affected areas to power to alternate substance until restoration.
"Gas supplies crossed MGL's web volition normalise erstwhile the harm is rectified and proviso is restored to CGS Wadala," MGL said, portion regretting the inconvenience caused. The institution has not provided a timeline for the afloat restoration of supply.
