GAIL has completed more than 97.6% of the pipeline laying work of Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga

Delhi Delhi: GAIL (India) Ltd has completed laying of over 97.6 per cent of the integrated Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra pipeline (JHBDPL), popularly known as “Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga”, which will carry natural gas to eastern and northern parts of India.

About 96.6 per cent of this has been placed under commercial operation, the state-owned company said in a statement.

The authorised pipeline length of integrated JHBDPL including Barauni-Guwahati pipeline is 3,306 km, which passes through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam.

The company said that currently 3,227 km pipeline section has been laid and 3,119 km pipeline section including Phulpur-Dobhi-Bokaro-Durgapur, Bokaro-Angul-Dhamra, Dobhi-Barauni-Guwahati pipeline sections have already been placed under commercial operation.

The pipeline is currently transporting 12.26 million standard cubic metres per day (MMSCMD) of natural gas, including supplies to four fertilizer plants, two refineries (Barauni and Paradip refineries), industrial consumers and 32 city gas distribution (CGD) networks including Varanasi, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kolkata etc along the pipeline route.