Rahim Soleimani-Nejad added, “Out of 912 villages of the province, 719 have been connected to the gas grid.”

According to him, the number of provincial villages getting access to natural gas will surpass 97 percent by the Government Week (August-23-29) in 2024.

He made the remarks on Friday, a day before President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi’s visit to Zanjan Province.