GAIL (India) Ltd has awarded contracts worth Rs. 10,500 crore to speed up the completion of the Jagdishpur-Haldia & Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL) and the Barauni-Guwahati Pipeline (BGPL) pipeline.
Order placed
Bids for pipe supply and laying for the integrated 3,400-km-long project, dubbed Urja Ganga pipeline project, have been awarded. A company statement said, “GAIL has placed an order worth Rs. 475 crore for steel line pipes of approximately 280 km to provide pipeline connectivity from Durgapur to Haldia, including spur line to Kolkata. Till date, the company has committed over Rs. 12,500 crore for the project.”
“The pipeline has already reached Barauni and GAIL is ready for supplying gas to refinery and upcoming fertiliser plant. The pipeline also supplies Natural Gas for Patna City Gas Distribution network (CGD),” the statement added.
