Lok Sabha Question No. 217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: GAIL Pipeline
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 217

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## GAIL Pipeline

## 217. SHRI T. N. PRATHAPAN:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री be pleased to state:

(a) the current status of the GAIL pipeline construction in Kerala;

(b) the number of kilometres of work completed so far;

(c) the action taken by the Government to resolve the complaints regarding land acquisition including residential properties;

(d)  the  quantum  of  amount  released  as  compensation  for  those  who  lost  their  residential properties during acquisition; and

(e) whether the Government has put up any deadline regarding the completion of the work in the State and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  &  (b)  GAIL  is  laying  Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore  Natural  Gas  Pipeline (KKBMPL) which passes through Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. GAIL has informed that  Phase-I  of  the  project  has  been  completed  in  August,  2013  in  Kerala  and  in  Phase-II, welding work of 443 km and lowering of 440 km out of total 444 km in Kerala has been completed.

(c) For  acquisition  of  Right  of  User  in  land  for  laying  pipeline  including  resolving complaints thereof, Central Government on recommendation of State Government appoints Competent Authority (CA) under Petroleum and Minerals Pipeline (P&MP) Act, 1962. The complaints received by the CA are disposed of under the provisions of the P&MP Act.

The concerns related to land & crop compensation have been addressed by Government of Kerala's Order dated 1.12.2017. The highlights of the Order are as under:

- (i) Government of Kerala has declared the market value as ten times the fair value, so that the land owner will get full fair value, as land compensation.
- (ii) An ex-gratia payment of Rs.5.00 lakh will be paid to land owners having less than 10 cents of land holdings.
- (iii) Crop  compensation  @  Rs.3761/-  per  cent  has  been  paid  to  owners  of  paddy lands through which the pipeline passes as a one-time compensation, in addition to the normal land compensation.
- (iv) RoU width of pipeline has been reduced to 2 meters in respect of land holdings of less than 10 cents.

(d) GAIL has informed that no residential dwellings were required to be removed for construction of the project. However, an amount of Rs. 400 crore is estimated towards land and crops compensation as per P&MP Act, out of which Rs. 268.65 crore has been disbursed.

(e) The  Government  has  established  Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board (PNGRB)  under  the  PNGRB  Act,  2006  in  the  year  2007  which  is  the  authority  to  grant authorization  to  the  entities  to  lay,  build,  operate  or  expand  gas  pipeline  with  certain conditions wherein deadlines of completion schedule are also mentioned.  However, in case any delay, with the request of the entity, PNGRB examines the case and give extension from time to time. The current completion schedule for laying of the entire KKBMPL pipeline has been extended by PNGRB upto 28.02.2022.