‘Gas-in’ for city from Dabhol-Bengaluru pipeline was done by Minister Moily
‘Gas-in’ for Bengaluru done by Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Bengaluru Industries start benefitting from Natural Gas supply by GAIL. GAIL, KPCL signed a Gas Transmission Agreement for Bidadi Power Plant Bengaluru, on February 18, 2013. The gas supply to the city of Bengaluru has commenced.
The ‘gas-in’ for Bengaluru city from the Dabhol-Bengaluru pipeline constructed by GAIL was done by Dr. M Veerappa Moily, Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas last month. A Gas Transmission Agreement was also signed between GAIL (India) Limited and Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) in the presence of Hon’ble Minister. Hon’ble Minister also laid the Foundation Stone for construction of natural gas pipeline to Chikaballapur.
Hon’ble Minister also commenced the gas supply from GAIL’s Dabhol-Bengaluru pipeline to industries in the state. Gas supplies to Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts for their 6.5 MW power plant have also commenced. The gas supply to Bengaluru has been commenced from GAIL’s Dabhol-Bengaluru 1,000 km pipeline constructed at an investment of Rs 4,500 crore with a design capacity of 16 MMSCMD of natural gas. This initiative taken by GAIL will bring natural gas to the people of Karnataka for the first time.
The pipeline passes through Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Bellary, Devanagere, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Ramanagaram, Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban. It traverses through 18 National Highways, 382 other Road crossings, 20 Railway crossings, 83 Cased crossings and 276 water body crossings including Asia’s largest river crossing in rocky terrain at Ghatprabha. The project involved laying of 73 km of 18 inch diameter pipeline in the city of Bengaluru. With only 25 km stretch passing through Reserve Forest Area, it goes through 11 major river crossings including Zuari, Shastri, Ghad and Ghatprabha.
The Gas Transmission Agreement between GAIL and KPCL provides for supply of 2.1 MMSCMD of natural gas from GAIL’s Dabhol-Bengaluru pipeline to feed KPCL’s power plant for 700 MW of power generation at Bidadi. The supplies shall begin within the next 30 months. Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas also laid the foundation stone to mark the beginning of the construction of gas pipeline to Chikballapur.
‘Gas-in’ for Bengaluru done by Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Bengaluru Industries start benefitting from Natural Gas supply by GAIL. GAIL, KPCL signed a Gas Transmission Agreement for Bidadi Power Plant Bengaluru, on February 18, 2013. The gas supply to the city of Bengaluru has commenced.
The ‘gas-in’ for Bengaluru city from the Dabhol-Bengaluru pipeline constructed by GAIL was done by Dr. M Veerappa Moily, Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas last month. A Gas Transmission Agreement was also signed between GAIL (India) Limited and Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) in the presence of Hon’ble Minister. Hon’ble Minister also laid the Foundation Stone for construction of natural gas pipeline to Chikaballapur.
Hon’ble Minister also commenced the gas supply from GAIL’s Dabhol-Bengaluru pipeline to industries in the state. Gas supplies to Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts for their 6.5 MW power plant have also commenced. The gas supply to Bengaluru has been commenced from GAIL’s Dabhol-Bengaluru 1,000 km pipeline constructed at an investment of Rs 4,500 crore with a design capacity of 16 MMSCMD of natural gas. This initiative taken by GAIL will bring natural gas to the people of Karnataka for the first time.
The pipeline passes through Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Bellary, Devanagere, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Ramanagaram, Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban. It traverses through 18 National Highways, 382 other Road crossings, 20 Railway crossings, 83 Cased crossings and 276 water body crossings including Asia’s largest river crossing in rocky terrain at Ghatprabha. The project involved laying of 73 km of 18 inch diameter pipeline in the city of Bengaluru. With only 25 km stretch passing through Reserve Forest Area, it goes through 11 major river crossings including Zuari, Shastri, Ghad and Ghatprabha.
The Gas Transmission Agreement between GAIL and KPCL provides for supply of 2.1 MMSCMD of natural gas from GAIL’s Dabhol-Bengaluru pipeline to feed KPCL’s power plant for 700 MW of power generation at Bidadi. The supplies shall begin within the next 30 months. Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas also laid the foundation stone to mark the beginning of the construction of gas pipeline to Chikballapur.
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