Gas Authority of India (GAIL) is planning to set up City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in Patna and Gaya during the first phase of its Rs 10,000 crore Haldia - Jagdishpur ‘energy highway’ gas pipeline project.
Moreover, the company will give priority to Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur among other cities for the CGD network and the pipeline was expected to benefit around 40 per cent population of the state. Apart from households and transport facilities, gas will also be supplied to fertiliser, electricity, steel and other big, medium and small industries.
Recently, the company announced that it is planning to construct a natural gas pipeline between Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh and Haldia in West Bengal with an estimated investment of Rs 10,000 crore. The 2050-km pipeline is expected to be ready in two years which will pave the way for setting up of CNG/pipe gas networks in 17 major cities of eastern India, including Allhabad, Varanasi, Patna, Ranchi, Kolkata, Dhanbad.
GAIL is India’s flagship natural gas company integrating all aspects of the natural gas value chain including exploration and production, processing, transmission, distribution and marketing and related services.
