GAIL begins construction of Natural Gas pipeline for UP, Uttarakhand
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, October 23, 2010
farmers interest will be protected: BC Tripathi
GAIL (India) Limited commenced construction of its Karanpur -Moradabad-Kashipur-Rudrapur/Pant Nagar Natural Gas Pipeline at Kashipur. B. C. Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL along with other senior officials of GAIL and local administration were present on the occasion.
Later, B C Tripathi, Chairman & Managing Director GAIL also met the group of farmers at Kashipur on Friday and assured them that their concerns would be addressed within the technical feasibility of the pipeline. He said that GAIL has to take all the points in cognizance as per the government notification and a team will be constituted to examine the possibility of accommodating the issues of the farmers and the broad framework of the technicalities.
Tripathi said that all steps would be taken by the Company to clear the doubts of the farmers and a concerted effort would be made to incorporate minor modification in the pipeline spread in line with the interest of the farmers to the extent possible and within the limits of technical feasibility.
The Karanpur-Moradabad-Kashipur-Rudrapur/Pant Nagar pipeline will be 182 km in length. The pipeline will be laid from tap-off point on 24" Auraiya-Sahajahanpur-Babrala-Dadri Pipeline of GAIL at Karanpur to Rudrapur/Pantnagar. The estimated investment on the project is Rs. 250 crore.
Project will be commissioned on time: GAIL
The design capacity of the pipeline will be 2.5 MMSCMD. The pipeline will pass through Badayun and Moradabad Districts in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Udham Singh Nagar in the state of Uttarakhand. The Pipeline will supply gas to upcoming power plant in Kashipur in Uttarakhand and to other industrial customers in Moradabad, Kashipur and Rudrapur and for City Gas Distribution in Moradabad.
The pipeline will be built in two phases. In Phase I of the project, 101 km of the pipeline will be laid from Karanpur, RR Station to Kashipur Receipt Station along with connectivity pipelines to upcoming power plants, Industrial consumers, City Gas consumers. The first phase is scheduled to be completed by January 2011 at an estimated investment of Rs. 196 crore.
In Phase II of the project, 58 km of the pipeline will be laid from Kashipur to Rudrapur/Pant Nagar. This phase of the project will involve an estimated investment of Rs. 56 crore. The entire project is targeted to be completed by January 2012.
Gail said in a statement, "It is the endeavour of the company to commission the pipeline projects within schedule and cost while tackling the risk and uncertainty encountered in each phase of its execution. During the design stage of the project, various environmental aspects have been considered and incorporated. Among these, maximum weightage has been given to the route selection and the safety features in the pipeline design."
The proposed gas pipeline system will have all the environmental advantages inherent in a pipeline mode of energy transport system. The pipeline will be buried underground. Pipe of adequate specified minimum yield strength with safety margin, confirming to standard codes will be used to withstand the maximum operating pressure. For rivers and other crossings, higher wall thickness pipes will be used.
The pipeline will be hydrotested as per standard specifications. Suitable control and monitoring will be exercised during construction, operation and maintenance of pipeline system.
