Mangaluru: Coastal Karnataka’s first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station was commissioned in the city on Tuesday.

The Netravathi service station of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) at Adyar on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway 75 became the first station on the coastal belt supplying CNG to private and commercial vehicles. GAIL Gas Ltd, a subsidiary of GAIL India Ltd., supplied CNG to it. It is priced at Rs 55 a kg.

Speaking on the occasion Kapil Kumar Jain, Chief General Manager (City Gas Distribution- Projects), GAIL Gas Ltd., Noida, and Vilin Zunke, General Manager, City Gas Distribution - Projects, Mangaluru, said that five more CNG stations will be opened by this month end at Haleangadi, Kuluru (both IOCL outlets), Kavoor, Mulky and Hosabettu (all Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. outlets).