Gail completes Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline work
Gail (India) Limited has completed the work on Kochi-Mangalore natural gas pipeline project.
The pipeline project overcame the biggest hurdle by completing the final 540-metre treacherous stretch across Chandragiri river in Kasargod (Kerala), according to highly placed sources in Gail India Ltd.
The laying of the 444-km-long natural gas pipeline was launched in 2009 at an estimated cost of Rs 2,915 crore. However, the work was delayed due to reasons, like land acquisition and was finally commissioned in 2014. The delay in the project resulted in an escalation of the project’s cost to the tune of Rs 5,750 crore.
