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Nov 23 (LNGJ) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was pushing ahead with city-gas development to increase the use of natural gas as a replacement for coke, coal and oil for domestic and industrial use. “We want to increase the use of natural gas by 2.5 times by the end of the next decade,” said Modi at a ceremony in New Delhi to mark the setting up of city-gas distribution (CGD) networks in 129 districts and with providers competing in an auction. Modi said India had also begun the bidding process for a tenth round of CGD licence awards, taking gas supplies to 400 districts and 70 percent of the population in the next three years.