98% of Tehran Province Linked to Gas Network

More than 98% of the population in Tehran Province have access to natural gas, managing director of the provincial gas company said.
“In the last Iranian year [March 2020-21], Tehran Gas Company completed 463 kilometers of distribution network and had more than 124,000 new subscribers,” Saeed Tavakkoli was also quoted as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana.
Gas supply to 20 villages was completed last year and 35 more villages will be connected to the gas grid by the end of the current fiscal year (March 2022), he added.
Tavakkoli said currently, 49 cities and 539 villages of the province have access to natural gas.