GAIL has completed the route survey for its 1,400 km Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline project for supplying natural gas to Karnataka and the tendering process for line pipe procurement is likely to begin shortly.

The Karnataka Government has already accorded approval for the pipeline projects and nominated Karnataka State Industrial Investment Development Corporation as nodal agency for facilitating the acquisition of land for the project.

GAIL is currently implementing 1,389 km, 30 inch diameter pipeline at an investment of Rs 4543.43 crore with a design capacity of 16 mmscmd.

In part A of Phase I, 402 km pipeline is to be laid from Dabhol (Maharashtra) to Gokak (Karnataka) along with spur lines to Belgaum and Goa at an estimated investment of Rs 1593.47 crore and is scheduled to be completed by 2011-12. In part B of Phase I, 570 km pipeline is likely to be laid from Gokak to Bangalore (KPCL, Bidadi) along with spur lines/feeder lines to Bangalore at an estimated investment of Rs 2,463.91 crore and is scheduled to be completed by 2011-12/2012-13.

In Phase II, 417 km spur lines/feeder lines are expected to be laid to Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Sangli, Bijapur, Dharwad, Davangere, Harihar and Tumkur at an estimated investment of Rs 486.05 crore, which is slated to be completed by 2012-13/2013-14.

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