GAIL chairman and MD Proshanto Banerjee said the first stretch of the grid would be sited in Kerala state. It would also be synchronised with the commissioning of the 5 million tonne Kochi terminal.
The GAIL chief also said the state-run firm would continue to push for the setting up of a national gas grid. It wants to run this grid as proposed by the previous Indian government despite the objections of other Indian oil and gas firms.