GAIL Completes Laying Over 97.6 Per Cent Pipeline Of Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga | Economic system Information
New Delhi: GAIL (India) Restricted has accomplished the laying of over 97.6 p.c of the built-in Jagdishpur–Haldia–Bokaro–Dhamra Pipeline (JHBDPL), popularly referred to as “Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga,” which can carry pure fuel to the japanese and northern components of India. Of this, nearly 96.6 p.c has been put underneath industrial operations, the state-owned firm mentioned in an announcement.
The built-in JHBDPL, together with the Barauni–Guwahati Pipeline, has a certified pipeline size of three,306 km and passes by way of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, and Assam. Presently, 3,227 km of the pipeline part has been laid, and three,119 km of the pipeline—together with the Phulpur–Dobhi–Bokaro–Durgapur, Bokaro–Angul–Dhamra, and Dobhi–Barauni–Guwahati sections—has already been put underneath industrial operation, the corporate mentioned.
The pipeline is at the moment transporting 12.26 Million Normal Cubic Meters Per Day (MMSCMD) of pure fuel, together with provides to 4 fertilizer crops, two refineries (Barauni and Paradip), industrial shoppers, and 32 Metropolis Gasoline Distribution (CGD) networks, together with Varanasi, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kolkata, and many others., alongside the pipeline route.
With respect to the Durgapur–Haldia part (294 km), GAIL has already put 132 km of the pipeline part as much as Kolkata underneath industrial operation. Out of the remaining 162 km to Haldia, 103 km of pipeline laying has been accomplished. GAIL can be laying the Dhamra–Haldia part, which has a certified pipeline size of 240 km, of which 198 km has already been laid.
Because of the restricted availability of Proper of Use (RoU), the completion of the Durgapur–Haldia and Dhamra–Haldia sections of the JHBDPL enlargement is being prolonged from March 2025 to December 2025, the corporate assertion added.
With the completion of the remaining sections of the Durgapur–Haldia and Dhamra–Haldia pipelines, GAIL will transport pure fuel to the Haldia refinery, CGD networks in Howrah, Hooghly, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, and different industrial shoppers alongside the pipeline route.
