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India to join Turkmenistan gas pipeline project
April 23, 2008: Ministers representing four countries began talks in Islamabad on a proposed multi-billion dollar pipeline that will transport gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora is representing India at the meeting, which marks the first formal contact between India and Pakistan since a new coalition government assumed office in Islamabad last month. India will formally join the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project during the two-day meeting of its steering committee. It was previously associated with the project as an observer.
The Asian Development Bank is providing technical and financial support to the TAPI project. During the ongoing talks, the four countries are expected to sign a "gas pipeline framework agreement".
The proposed TAPI pipeline will run from the Daulatabad to Afghanistan. It will then run alongside the highway from Herat to Kandahar and proceed to Quetta and Multan in Pakistan. The pipeline will terminate in the Indian town of Fazilka.
Source: Financial Express