GAIL India plans to invest Rs 7,600 crore on two pipeline projects linking Karnataka to the National Gas Grid.

GAIL's project involves laying a 1,389 km pipeline from Dabhol in Maharashtra to Bangalore entailing an investment of Rs 4,543 crore. The design capacity of the 30 inch diameter Dabhol-Bangalore section is 16 mmscmd and the project is likely to be implemented in two phases.

In part A of Phase I, around 402 km pipeline is to be laid from Dabhol to Gokak along with spurlines to Belgaum and Goa at an estimated investment of Rs 1,593 crore and is scheduled to be completed by 2011-12. In part B of the Phase I, around 570 km pipeline is to be laid from Gokak to Bangalore (KPCL, Bidadi) along with spur lines/feeder lines to Bangalore at an estimated investment of Rs 2,464 crore and is scheduled to be completed by 2012-13.

In Phase II of the project, 417 km spur lines/feeder lines are to be laid to Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Sangali, Bijapur, Dharwad, Devangere, Harihar and Tumkur at an estimated cost of Rs 486 crore and is scheduled to be completed by 2013-14.

For the second project, 1,114 km Kochi - Kanjirkkod - Bangalore - Mangalore pipeline, an outlay of Rs 3,032 crore has been approved. The design capacity of this pipeline is 16 mmscmd including 4 mmscmd as common carrier and the project is to be implemented in two phases.

In Phase I, 96 km pipeline is expected to be laid from Kochi to Alwaye with spur lines/feeder lines to Alwaye, Udyogmandal, Binannipuram, Ambalamedu at an estimated investment of Rs 267 crore. The Phase I is scheduled to be completed by 2011-12.

In Phase II of the project, 1,018 km pipeline is to be laid from Alwaye to Kanjirrkkod, Kanjirrkkod to Mangalore and Kanjirrkkod to Palghat/ Palakkad with spurlines/feeder lines to Thrissur, Kottakal, Kozhikode, Kannur, Mangalore and Palakkad. This involves laying of pipeline from Palakkad to Bengaluru with spurlines/feeder lines to Coimbatore, Trippur, Truchengode and Salem. The second phase is likely to entail an investment of Rs 2,765 crore and is slated to be completed by 2012-13.

The projects are likely to be funded through a 70:30 debt equity ratio. GAIL is expected to bring in 30 per cent of the funding requirements while discussions were on, with financial institutions and banks for meeting the remaining funding requirements.

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