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July 17, 2009

GAIL to lay down 600-km long gas pipeline in MP

Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) will lay down a 600-km long gas pipeline from Jhabua to Kailaras in Madhya Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 3,000 crore, a top company official said today.

The proposed gas pipeline from Jhabua to Kailaras covering a distance of nearly 600 km will be laid at an estimated cost of Rs 3,000 crore," GAIL Chairman U D Choubey told reporters at the company's Vijaypur plant.



"It will have a visible impact in the area in the next two-three years," he said.


The cost of the pipleline between the two points (Jhabua and Kailaras) will be Rs 2,500 crore while another Rs 500 crore will be spent on installing two compressors, the Chairman said.


GAIL has already laid down 6000 km long gas pipeline in India and has plans to lay down a pipeline of equivalent length across the country, he said.



The company also plans to supply piped gas in a radius of 50 km in the cities situated along the route of the pipeline and nearly 230 cities and towns including Guna, Indore, Gwalior and Malanpur have been shortlisted for the purpose, Chobey said.


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