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Pak ahead in gas pipeline network
New Delhi, Oct. 10
Pakistan is nearly six times ahead of India in terms of its gas pipeline network, which stands at around 56,400 km as against India’s 10,500 km . Pakistan’s current pipeline density measures at 1,044 km/mmscmd compared to 116 km/mmscmd (million metric standard cubic meter per day) of India, according to Assocham. As a result, Pakistan has connected its 1,050 towns and villages while in case of India, its connectivity is only restricted to 20 cities. The chamber says that since the pipeline network in India does not reach out to most of the demand centres, a number of industrial projects which would ideally run on gas (due to its higher efficiency and environment friendly nature) have to depend on much costlier and more polluting alternative fuels. Thus, the unmet gas demand in India is probably much higher than what is reported. India currently has only one major cross-country pipeline in the form of HBJ pipeline and there is estimated to be considerable unmet demand even in the States serviced by this pipeline. With the increased availability of gas, the country needs to gear up quickly to meet the increased requirement of cross country as well as regional and local downstream gas distribution networks. -- Our Bureau
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