Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
reviewed the progress of the proposed 328 km Bhatinda-Jammu-Srinagar Gas Pipeline Project at a meeting of high level officers and emphasised on early start of work.
During the meeting, the chief minister received appraisal of the roadmap prepared to start the work on the project and complete it by July, 2014 to draw gas from Gujarat to Srinagar and Jammu.
Abdullah stressed on the need to expedite the project to ensure its timely completion. He said Jammu and Kashmir being the remotest Northern state of India as such has so many disadvantages. Availability of gas in abundance has been a great challenge before the government, he said, adding that supply of gas to the consumers in the state through gas pipeline will be a revolutionary step.
The gas pipeline will consist of 328 km long main gas trunk from Bhatinda to Srinagar passing through Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Udhampur, Ramban, Anantnag, Pulwama and Srinagar. There will be hundreds of sub-lines which will supply gas to the consumers at their houses, he said.
The chief minister already approved the project during a meeting of state officers and the team of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) led by its Chairman, Lalit Mansingh at Srinagar. This was followed by various meetings of PNGRB officers with the chief Secretary and state’s other senior officers.
The presentations about the pipeline were made by the Board pertaining to the implementation and impact of the project on state’s economy in these meetings.
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