The new project is being seen as the ideal method to feed the natural gas needs of users in West Bengal and will see gas from the Dahej and/or Hazira LNG terminals in Gujarat being used.
In a statement GAIL Chairman and MD Proshanto Banerjee said, “There is strong demand in the eastern region from industrial users in West Bengal, Bihar [and] Jharkhand [and] the rights of usage [is] already with the company”
“[GAIL is] going ahead with the plan to set up the 850 km pipeline to feed [these] gas-starved eastern states. Moreover, we are also considering a spur line from there to Kolkata to feed this market,” he added.
