<p> A decision to this effect was taken by the State Cabinet meeting on Thursday. Home Minister V S Acharya told reporters that subsidiary lines for lateral tapping along the 480 km stretch passing through the State has also been approved.<br /><br />The pipelines when completed would help the Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited to switch over to gas from naptha, besides serving as a fuel link for the Bidadi plant. “Overall, there is a potential to generate 5,000 to 6,000 MW power,” the minister said.<br /><br />The Dabhol-Bangalore and Kochi-Mangalore-Bangalore gas pipelines have been designed to carry 16 million metric cubic metres of gas per day, Acharya said. The Dabhol-Bangalore line passes through Ratnagiri and Kolhapur districts of Maharashtra and Belgaum, Dharwad, Davangere, Chitradurga, Tumkur and Bangalore districts of Karnataka, while the Kochi-Bangalore line will pass through Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. <br /><br />The State government and GAIL had signed the mutual cooperation agreement for the gas pipelines in April this year. The project is likely to be completed by 2012, Acharya said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the GAIL board approved an investment of Rs. 4543.43 crore for 1,389 km Dabhol – Bangalore pipeline project. The project will be implemented in two phases. <br />For the second project, 1,114 km Kochi – Kanjirkkod – Bengaluru – Mangalore pipeline, an investment of Rs. 3,032 crore has been approved. This project will be completed in two phases as well. <br /><br />CMD, GAIL, Dr U D Choubey met Chief Secretary Sudhakar Rao on Thursday. During the meeting, the Chief Secretary assured of full support from the state Government for implementation of these pipeline projects.</p>
<p> A decision to this effect was taken by the State Cabinet meeting on Thursday. Home Minister V S Acharya told reporters that subsidiary lines for lateral tapping along the 480 km stretch passing through the State has also been approved.<br /><br />The pipelines when completed would help the Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited to switch over to gas from naptha, besides serving as a fuel link for the Bidadi plant. “Overall, there is a potential to generate 5,000 to 6,000 MW power,” the minister said.<br /><br />The Dabhol-Bangalore and Kochi-Mangalore-Bangalore gas pipelines have been designed to carry 16 million metric cubic metres of gas per day, Acharya said. The Dabhol-Bangalore line passes through Ratnagiri and Kolhapur districts of Maharashtra and Belgaum, Dharwad, Davangere, Chitradurga, Tumkur and Bangalore districts of Karnataka, while the Kochi-Bangalore line will pass through Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. <br /><br />The State government and GAIL had signed the mutual cooperation agreement for the gas pipelines in April this year. The project is likely to be completed by 2012, Acharya said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the GAIL board approved an investment of Rs. 4543.43 crore for 1,389 km Dabhol – Bangalore pipeline project. The project will be implemented in two phases. <br />For the second project, 1,114 km Kochi – Kanjirkkod – Bengaluru – Mangalore pipeline, an investment of Rs. 3,032 crore has been approved. This project will be completed in two phases as well. <br /><br />CMD, GAIL, Dr U D Choubey met Chief Secretary Sudhakar Rao on Thursday. During the meeting, the Chief Secretary assured of full support from the state Government for implementation of these pipeline projects.</p>
