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GAIL India has started construction on the Kerala stretch of the Kochi – Koottanad – Mangaluru-Bengaluru Pipeline Project. The total project cost is estimated at ₹ 3,263 crores. GAIL Chairman B C Tripathi said, “GAIL is confident of completing the entire Kochi – Koottanad – Mangaluru Pipeline by December 2018.”
An official statement said, “The construction activities are under full swing and the momentum will gather new speed with GAIL awarding Contracts for Pipeline Laying works of the remaining section of 111 km stretch falling in Malappuram, Kannur and Kasargod districts at a cost of approximately ₹ 160 crore.”
As a part of Phase-II of the project, the pipeline section from Kochi-Koottanad (in Kerala) to Mangaluru (in Karnataka) section of 438 km is being executed. After the award of contracts, the entire stretch of 438 Km Kochi – Koottanad – Mangaluru Pipeline will be in the construction phase.
An official statement said, in Phase-I of the project, around 41 Km Pipeline had already been commissioned during 2013 to transport natural gas from Kochi LNG Terminal. Currently around 2.6 MMSCMD of gas is being supplied to various consumers in and around Kochi city.
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