Tuesday 9 February 2021

Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Project Natural Gas Pipeline

 PM is responsible for the 348 km Dobhi-Durgapur Natural Gas Pipeline section across the country, which is part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project.


About the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Project:
♦ This is a natural gas pipeline project that aims to provide cooking gas to people.
♦ It was launched in Varanasi in 2016 and later expanded to people in the states of Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand.
♦ The government is actively connecting the eastern states with the national gas grid.
♦ The total length of the pipeline under the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project is approximately 3,384 kilometers, of which 766 kilometers of pipelines are located in Orissa, and the remaining 2,618 kilometers are located in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam.
♦ The project will not only provide Compressed Natural Gas for automobiles and cooking gas to household kitchens in cities along the route, but also provide natural gas for industries that meet their raw material or fuel needs.
♦ GAIL is implementing the project.

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