Major cities in State to get LNG distribution system soon Updated: Updated: LNG is cheaper, safer and cleaner than other sources of energy : GAIL Chairman Share Article LNG is cheaper, safer and cleaner than other sources of energy : GAIL Chairman Manoj Jain, Chairman and MD, GAIL India Ltd., on Saturday said that as many as 28 cities and towns in Karnataka will get liquefied natural gas (LNG) for domestic, industrial and automobile consumption through the city gas distribution system in about a year. He was speaking at a virtual press conference to announce the inauguration of the 450-km Kochi-Kottanad-Mangaluru LNG pipeline on January 5 at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Cities around Bengaluru and Mangaluru would first get LNG through CGD followed by other cities and towns. Work on CGD has already commenced in many of these localities, he added. Bengaluru would also get LNG from Kochi terminal from Kottanad via Tamil Nadu, he added.