Gail Commissions East India Pipe

India’s biggest gas transportation and marketing company Gail July 3 commissioned a 165-km spur line to take the natural gas to the city of Gorakhpur in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh. The spur line is part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga (PMUG) project.

The commissioning of the spur line marks the completion of the entire 750-km-long trunk pipeline section-1 of PMUG constituting 30% of the initially sanctioned project route, Press Trust of India reported June 4 citing a company statement.

The 2,650-km Jagdishpur-Haldia & Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL), also known as Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga, will pass through the eastern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Odisha. The pipeline is being further extended from Barauni to Guwahati in the northeastern state of Assam through a 729-km pipeline. 

Gail said it is now ready to start gas supplies to the upcoming fertiliser plant and the city gas project in the city of Gorakhpur.

In May this year, Gail said it is at present executing around 5,500 km of pipeline related projects to provide gas supply largely to areas of eastern and southern parts of the country. Another 1,400 km pipeline involving capex of Indian rupee 70bn is under evaluation, which is targeted to be completed by 2023.