New Delhi: Work is set to commence on the Jagdishpur – Phulpur – Haldia natural gas pipeline which will connect Eastern India and the national gas grid.
State-owned natural gas processing and distribution company, GAIL has commenced activities pertaining to detailed survey of the pipeline route. The survey will include engineering survey (topography, population density index, soil resistivity and soil investigation survey) and cadastral survey (collection of revenue details of every village along the route along with ownership details). Once the survey is completed, actual construction activities will start.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public function in Ranchi has announced plans to develop 2050 km Jagdishpur – Phulpur – Haldia pipeline that would serve as the ‘Energy Highway’ to carry the efficient and environment-friendly fuel to West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
The proposed Jagdishpur – Phulpur – Haldia pipeline will cover all the following districts
This pipeline project is likely to meet the energy requirements of Eastern India as the City Gas Networks would come up in 17 major cities of the region namely Varanasi, Allahabad, Patna, Gaya, Chhapra, Siwan, Gopalganj, Mujaffarpur, Bettiah, Bhagalpur, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Asansol, Durgapur and Kolkata.
Further the Rs10,000 crore pipeline will supply feedstock/fuel to fertilizer and power plants and major industries located in the region.
The Jagdishpur – Phulpur – Haldia pipeline will consists of 922 km main line and 1,128 km spur lines and feeder lines. The first phase of the pipeline will have a capacity of 16 mmscmd which would be augmented to 32 mmscmd in the second phase. The compressor station will be located at Haldia.
With around 46 river crossings, 17 railways crossings, 14 state highway crossing and 12 national highway crossings, the Jagdishpur – Phulpur – Haldia pipeline project is one of the most difficult engineering projects of its kind.
EPC World News Bureau
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