Lok Sabha Question No. 1300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-24
Subject: Gas Pipeline Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SUBHASH CHANDRA BAHERIA, ANTO  ANTONY, FEROZE VARUN GANDHI, RAMA DEVI, NAGARAJAN P., RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.7.2017 GAS PIPELINE NETWORK

## 1300.    SHRI SUBHASH CHANDRA BAHERIA:

SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

- (a)  the  details  of  the  existing  and  on-going  industrial  and  domestic/industrial  gas  pipeline  network  to transport gas across the country by public/private sector  companies  along  with  investment made/mode  of  investment  by  various  companies  including  status  of  completion  of  such  projects, State/UT/projects/company-wise including Rajasthan;
- (b) whether the Government/GAIL proposes to expand gas grid network along the National Highways in Kerala, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  mode  of  investment  and  implementation  cost  of  the  said projects including land, State/UT/company-wise;
- (d) whether the land acquisition for the said pipelines projects have been completed and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  gas  pipeline  project  of  GAIL  in  Tamil  Nadu  has  reportedly  caused/might  cause  huge damage  to  agricultural  land  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  any  proposal  to  change  the  said pipeline route; and
- (f)  whether the Indraprastha Gas Limited has received requests from Bihar for laying pipelines in the State  during  the  last  three  years  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज् य मंत्ररी )िंत्र प्र्र ारव  स्(

## ( श्ररी धमेन्द  र प्रधान)

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  to  (d):  The  details  of  the  existing  industrial  and  domestic/industrial  gas  pipeline  network  is  at Annexure-I and  details  of  on-going  industrial  and  domestic/industrial  gas  pipeline  network  are  at Annexure-II .  There  is  no  proposal  with  Government  to  expand  gas  grid  network  along  the  National Highways in Kerala, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu at present apart from that already authorized. However, Government of Tamil Nadu has made various references to change the approved route of GAIL's natural gas  pipeline  along  with  the  National  Highway.  Entities  as  in  Annexure  I/II  have  existing  and  other authorized  gas  pipelines  projects  in  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu,  Kerala  and  Rajasthan.  Lands  are  not acquired for laying of pipelines but is restored and returned back after laying the pipeline.

(e):  GAIL  has  informed  that  there  is  no  likelihood  of  damage  to  agricultural  land  due  to  their  gas pipeline project in Tamil Nadu.

(f): Indraprashtha Gas Limited (IGL) has not received any request for laying pipeline in Bihar. A cross country  pipeline  namely  Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra  pipeline  (JHBDPL)  is  passing  through Bihar and is being executed by GAIL, alongwith CGD network in Patna.

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2017

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION

| Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying to Industries and others   | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying to Industries and others                        | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying to Industries and others   | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying to Industries and others   | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying to Industries and others   | Details of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines supplying to Industries and others   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                         | Name of the Natural Gas Pipeline                                                                    | Name of Entity                                                                 | Capacity (MMSCMD)                                                              | Length (Km.)                                                                   | States through which it passes                                                 |
| 1                                                                              | Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur -GREP (Gas Rehabilitation and Expansion Project)-Dahej-Vijaipur HVJ/VDPL | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 57                                                                             | 4658                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat                              |
| 2                                                                              | Dahej-Vijaipur (DVPL)-Vijaipur- Dadri (GREP) Upgradation DVPL2 & VDPL                               | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 54                                                                             | 1119                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat                              |
| 3                                                                              | Uran-Trombay                                                                                        | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited                                        | 6                                                                              | 24                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                    |
| 4                                                                              | Dahej-Uran-Panvel-Dhabhol                                                                           | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 20                                                                             | 875                                                                            | Gujarat, Maharashtra                                                           |
| 5                                                                              | Agartala regional network                                                                           | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 2                                                                              | 61                                                                             | Tripura                                                                        |
| 6                                                                              | Mumbai regional network                                                                             | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 7                                                                              | 129                                                                            | Maharashtra                                                                    |
| 7                                                                              | Assam regional network                                                                              | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 3                                                                              | 8                                                                              | Assam                                                                          |
| 8                                                                              | K.G. Basin network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                       | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 16                                                                             | 881                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry                                                     |
| 9                                                                              | Gujarat regional network(+RLNG+RIL)                                                                 | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 18                                                                             | 671                                                                            | Gujarat                                                                        |
| 10                                                                             | Cauvery Basin network                                                                               | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 9                                                                              | 278                                                                            | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu                                                         |
| 11                                                                             | Dukli Maharajganj (Earlier-Agartala)                                                                | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 0.26                                                                           | 5.2                                                                            | Tripura                                                                        |
| 12                                                                             | Rajasthan regional network                                                                          | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 2                                                                              | 152                                                                            | Rajasthan                                                                      |
| 13                                                                             | EWPL (Kakinada-Hyderabad- Uran-Ahmedabad)                                                           | Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Limited                             | 80                                                                             | 1469                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana                                |
| 14                                                                             | GSPL's Gas Grid network including spur lines                                                        | Gujarat State Petronet Limited                                                 | 43                                                                             | 2600                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                        |
| 15                                                                             | Hazira-Ankleshwar                                                                                   | Gujarat Gas Company Limited                                                    | 5.06                                                                           | 73.2                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                        |
| 16                                                                             | Dadri-Panipat                                                                                       | Indian Oil C orporation Limited                                                | 9.5                                                                            | 140                                                                            | Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh                                                 |
| 17                                                                             | AGCL's Assam regional network                                                                       | Assam Gas Company Limited (3 pipeline sections)                                | 2.428                                                                          | 104.73                                                                         | Assam                                                                          |
| 18                                                                             | Dadri-Bawana-Nangal                                                                                 | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 31                                                                             | 835                                                                            | Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Delhi                              |
| 19                                                                             | Chhainsa-Jhajjar-Hissar                                                                             | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 35                                                                             | 265                                                                            | Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab                                                     |
| 20                                                                             | Dabhol-Bangalore                                                                                    | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 16                                                                             | 1097                                                                           | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa                                                    |
| 21                                                                             | Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore- Mangalore*                                                               | GAIL(India) Limited                                                            | 6                                                                              | 41                                                                             | Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, UT of Puducherry                                |
| * Partly Commissioned                                                          | * Partly Commissioned                                                                               |                                                                                | 422.248                                                                        | 15486.13                                                                       |                                                                                |

## NO. 1300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2017

## LIST OF APPROVED GAS PIPELINE PROJECTS WHICH ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT

| S. No.   | Name of Pipeline                                                          | Name of Entity                   |   Length (Kms.) | Estimated Project Cost (Rs. in Cr.)   | Scheduled completion                                           | State through which it passes                                         |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Jagdishpur-Haldia & Bokaro- Dhamra                                        | GAIL (India) Ltd                 |            2655 | 12940                                 | Dec.2020                                                       | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha               |
| 2        | Kochi-Koottanad- Bangalore- Mangalore(Ph-II)                              | GAIL (India) Limited             |             879 | 2915                                  | Feb.2019                                                       | Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka                                      |
| 3        | Surat-Angul (Paradip)                                                     | GAIL (India) Limited             |            1700 | 10280                                 | In synchronization with the readiness of gas source & customer | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh and Odisha                          |
| 4        | Vijaipur-Auriya- Phulpur                                                  | GAIL (India) Limited             |             672 | 4309                                  | Dec.2020                                                       | Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh                                      |
| 5        | Ennore- Thiruvallur- Bengluru- Puducherry- Nagapatinam- Madurai-Tuticorin | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.      |            1385 | 4497                                  | 2018                                                           | Tamil Nadu and Karnataka                                              |
| 6        | Kakinada - Vizag - Srikakulam                                             | AP Gas Distribution Corporation  |             391 | 1013                                  | 2017                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                        |
| 7        | Mallavaram - Bhopal - Bhilwara via Vijaipur                               | GSPL India Transco Limited       |            2042 | 8086                                  | Dec.2017                                                       | Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan |
| 8        | Mehsana - Bhatinda                                                        | GSPL India Gasnet Limited        |            2052 | 6864                                  | Dec.2017                                                       | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab                                |
| 9        | Bhatinda - Jammu - Srinagar                                               | GSPL India Gasnet Limited        |             725 | 1520                                  | Dec.2017                                                       | Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir                                               |
| 10       | MBBPL Dahod Connectivity with GSPL's Gujarat Gas Grid                     | GSPL India Transco Ltd.          |             749 | -                                     |                                                                | Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh                                            |
| 11       | Shahdol - Phulpur                                                         | Reliance Gas Pipelines Limited   |             312 | 1302                                  | 2016                                                           | Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh                                      |
| 12       | Ennore - Nellore                                                          | Gas Transmission India Pvt. Ltd. |             430 | 730                                   | 2017                                                           | Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu                                         |
| 13       | Tie-in connectivity to the proposed Jaigarh LNG Terminal                  | H-Energy Gateway Pvt. Ltd.       |              60 | 300                                   | 2018                                                           | Maharashtra                                                           |
| 14.      | Jaigarh- Mangalore                                                        | H-Energy Pvt. Ltd.               |             749 | 2389                                  | 2019                                                           | Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka                                        |
| Total    | Total                                                                     | Total                            |           14801 | 57145                                 |                                                                |                                                                       |

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