Bangalore: The board of directors of GAIL (India) Ltd has given in-principle clearance for laying of the 730 km Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline. Depending on the source and customer alliance, the pipeline will be designed to carry 16 MMSCD (million standard cubic metres per day) of gas and will need an investment of Rs 2,500 crore. The project will be appraised/ updated in respect of investment, customer identification, routing of the pipeline and freezing the design parameters before final investment permission by the GAIL board. The route of the proposed pipeline is from R-LNG Terminal of Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Ltd (RGPPL) at Dabhol in Maharashtra up to Bangalore. The pipeline will pass via Ratnagiri and Kolhapur districts of Maharashtra; and Belgaum, Dharwad, Haveri, Davangere, Chitradurga, Tumkur and Bangalore districts of Karnataka. GAIL will also be laying three pipelines to augment the capacities of Dahej - Vijaipur pipeline, Vijaipur - Dadri pipeline, Vijaipur - Auraiya - Jagdishpur pipeline with a carrying capacity of 74 MMSCMD.
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