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Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) started operations in 1988 with the primary objective to procure, distribute and in every way utilize natural gas and allied technology. GGCL pioneered the concept of combined natural gas distribution to the industrial, commercial and domestic customers in Ankleshwar and Bharuch in 1989. In 1991, it expanded its operations to Surat city. GGCL also pioneered the concept of CNG for automobiles in India. Another pioneering step was to provide finance to customers (through a subsidiary company - Gujaratgas Financial Services Limited) so that the customers could switch over to natural gas. Today, GGCL is the largest private sector gas distribution company in India with more than 1,45,000 domestic customers, 1,800 commercial customers, 475 industrial customers and more than 14,500 automobiles using CNG as a safe, environment friendly fuel for automobiles. GGCL's pipelines spread over more than 1,800 kms. in three major industrial cities of Gujarat, an industrially developed, energy deficient state with demand for natural gas exceeding the supply.
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