GAIL places order of Rs 440 cr for 350 km of pipeline

GAIL (India) Limited has placed order of Rs 440 crore for laying of approximatley 350 kms of pipeline from Vijaipur (in the state of Madhya Pradesh) to Auraiya (in the state of Uttar Pradesh).

This is a part of approximately 665 km length from Vijaipur to Phulpur (in the state of Uttar Pradesh) to the existing HVJ-DVPL upgradation pipeline system. The pipeline laying contracts for 315 km stretch from Auraiya to Phulpur was earlier awarded during November 2016.

The Vijaipur to Phulpur pipeline shall provide the gas feed to the ongoing 2,655 Km long Jagdispur-HaldiaBokaro-Dhamra pipeline (JHBDPL) project of GAIL, also known as the ‘Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga’ project, inaugurated by Prime Minister of India in July 2015.

The JHBDPL will pass through the state of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, and the project is progressing in full swing which will usher Industrial development in East India by supplying environmentally clean Natural Gas to Fertilizer and Power plant, Refineries, Steel plants, City Gas Distribution and other Industries.

B C Tripathi, CMD, GAIL (India) Ltd. said, “GAIL has awarded contracts of Rs 5,400 crore in the current fiscal year which includes Rs 3,500 crore for procurement of pipeline and Rs 1,900 crore for laying of pipes. GAIL has awarded till date contracts worth Rs 7,500 crore for ongoing pipeline projects of around 4,000 kms in south and eastern India. The two major ongoing projects i.e. Kochi-Kottanad-Mangalore project in Kerala and Karnataka state and JGBDPL projects are progressing well.”