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Northeast to be connected with gas pipeline: Board member
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SME Times News Bureau | 25 May, 2018
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) member S. Rath on
Thursday said that the plans are afoot to connect the northeastern
states with a gas pipeline.
"The project will be executed by a
consortium of Indian Oil Corporation, Oil India Limited, Numaligarh
Refinery Limited and GAIL. We are expecting that the project will e
awarded in the next couple of months and become operational by 2023," he
said at the sixth road show for the 9th city gas distribution bidding
round here.
Rath said that under the project, 1,500 km pipeline will be laid at a cost of Rs 6,000 crore.
He also said that Assam will be connected with Barauni in Bihar by 721-km gas pipeline by 2021.
"By
Urja Ganga project, Guwahati will be connected to the national gas grid
by a pipeline. The Haldia-Paradip-Barauni pipeline will connect
Guwahati and is likely to be commissioned by 2021 at a cost of Rs 3,000
crore. The project will be executed by GAIL," he added.
PNGRB
Chairperson Dinesh K. Sarraf said that gas will be provided to
Kamrup(metro) and Kamrup districts, besides Cachar, Karimganj and
Hailakandi.
"Gomati and West Tripura is also part of the scheme,"
Sarraf said adding that the PNGRB has on offer 86 geographical areas
covering 174 districts in 22 states and union territories.
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