Indraprastha Gas Ltd was earlier doing 600 connections in a day before the escalation of tensions in West Asia, which has now reached up to 2,100 to 2,200 connections, Kamal Kishore Chatiwal, Managing Director of the city-gas distributor, told The Hindu at the sidelines of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board’s Energy Security Conference on Friday (April 11, 2026).

“There has been a massive surge in demand, in the National Capital Region (NCR) especially, we are seeing registrations for new connections and old connections (activating dormant connections) has increased three times,” he stated, adding, “Earlier, we were doing 600 connections, now we have reached up to about 2,100 to 2,200, and going forward considering the push, we are expecting it to increase to 3,000 per day.”