Southern gas grid to be commissioned by mid-2012
20 Apr 2010
Supply of natural gas from the Krishna-Godavari (KG) D6 field to southern states through the Kakinada-Nellore-Chennai pipeline is expected to start in the second quarter of 2012, minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Jitin Prasada informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
The pipeline will pass through East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Nallore and Chitoor districts of Andhra Pradesh and Thiruvallur and Vellore districts of Tamil Nadu.
In addition, the minister said, the Chennai-Tuticorin pipeline, an extension of Kakinada-Chennai pipeline, will pass through Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Viluppuram, Salem, Namakkal, Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar and Thoothukkudi districts of Tamil Nadu.
The pipeline is targeted to be commissioned in the third quarter of 2012.
The Chennai-Bangalore-Mangalore pipeline, also an extension of the Kakinada-Chennai pipeline, will pass through Thiruvallur and Vellore districts of Tamil Nadu, Chitoor district of Andhra Pradesh and Kolar, Bangalore Rural, Tumkur, Hassan, Chikmaglur and Dakshina Kannda districts of Karnataka, he said, adding that the pipeline is targeted for commissioning in the second quarter of 2012.
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