Dabhol–Bangalore Natural Gas Pipeline

Dabhol-Bangalore Natural Gas Pipeline ದಾಬೊಲ್-ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನೆಚುರಲ ಗ್ಯಾಸ್ ಪೈಪ್ಲೈನ್ दाभोळ-बंगलौर नेचुरल गैस पाइपलाइन
Location
Country	India
State	Maharashtra and Karnataka
General direction	North to South
From	Dabhol, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Passes through	Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Bellary, Davanagere, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Ramanagaram, Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban districts.
To	Bangalore, Karnataka
Runs alongside	18 National Highways, 382 other road crossings, 20 railway crossings, 83 cased crossings, 11 major river crossings and 276 water bodies.
General information
Type	Gas Pipeline
Owner	Gas Authority of India Limited
Operator	Gas Authority of India Limited
Contractors	Various
Construction started	2011
Commissioned	3 December 2013
Technical information
Length	1,386 km (861 mi)
Maximum discharge	16 MMSCMD

The Dabhol – Bangalore Natural Gas Pipeline was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singhh on 3 December 2013 during the inaugural ceremony of the 8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit (AGPS).

This project has connected South India to the national gas grid for the first time. The project has been constructed in a period of 19 months at an investment of ₹45 billion (US$540 million) with a design capacity of 16 MMSCMD of natural gas which can produce 3,000 MW of clean energy.

Challenges

Engineering

The pipeline crosses Asia’s largest river crossing in rocky terrain at Ghatprabha. The construction involved pipeline laying in some of the world’s steepest slopes of 60 to 70 degrees and sharp elevations of up to 700 meters in a 3.5 km stretch.

Financial

GAIL compensated the farmers for their land taken by the company for the pipeline project by paying 5 times more than the actual value.

See also

• GAIL
• Transport in India

External links

• Company website
• Official press release