Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Haldia in West Bengal on February 7 to dedicate several infrastructure projects in the oil and gas sector, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. The projects include 347-km long Dobhi-Durgapur natural gas pipeline built at a cost of Rs 2,433 crore by state-owned GAIL NSE 0.00 %, Indian Oil Corporation NSE 1.77 % (IOC) said in a statement.
This pipeline is a part of the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project.
“Conducted an oil industry meet at Haldia ahead of PM@narendramodi ji’s visit where he will dedicate to the nation oil, gas & road projects worth Rs 4742 cr. I invited family members of our oil industry to be a part of this momentous occason in the developmental journey of Bengal,” the Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister tweeted.
