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India will double pipeline network in the next six years: PM Modi

GAIL's Kochi-Mangaluru pipeline commissioned; Boost for Petronet LNG's Kochi terminal

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"Today there are over 16,000 kilometres of new gas pipelines being worked upon. This work is going to be complete in the next 5 to 6 years,” Modi said

Twesh Mishra New Delhi
India will soon double its existing pipeline network according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the completion of the 450-kilometre-long Kochi-Mangaluru pipeline, Modi said, “The first interstate natural gas pipeline of the country was commissioned in 1987, and by 2014, India had 15,000 kilometres of natural gas pipeline built. Today there are over 16,000 kilometres of new gas pipelines being worked upon. This work is going to be complete in the next 5 to 6 years.”

The Kochi to Mangaluru pipeline is mostly in Kerala and is designed to transport 12 million standard cubic metres

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