Gail India has proposed to set up 5,500 km of gas connectivity over the next two-three years investing $4 billion. The company has planned to add 1,000 km of gas connectivity every year and in another two-three years and will be laying gas connectivity to around 5,500 km across the country.
Gail is in the process of laying additional pipelines in the Dadri-Bawana-Nangal and Chainsna-Jhajjar-Hissar region so as to serve the Northern market. In Southern region, pipelines were also laid in Kochi-Bangalore-Mangalore and Dabhol-Bangalore so as to serve the Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu market. Targeting the eastern region, the company has also planned to lay a pipeline connecting Haldia-Jagdishpur soon.
At present there were around 170MMSCMD natural gas flowing in the country and considering a demand of 225MMSCMD in 2010 the demand-supply gap is expected to increase by 2015-2016. India has about 11,000 km of pipeline network with majority of the pipelines of 7,500 km being owned by Gail India.crackcrack
