GAIL (India) Limited has recently informed exchanges that the company completed over 97.6% of the Jagdishpur–Haldia–Bokaro–Dhamra Pipeline (JHBDPL), also known as the “Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga” project. Of this, 96.6% of the pipeline is already under commercial operation.
The integrated JHBDPL, including the Barauni–Guwahati Pipeline, spans an authorized length of 3,306 km and traverses the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, and Assam. As of now, 3,227 km of pipeline has been laid, and 3,119 km has been commissioned for commercial use. Operational sections include Phulpur–Dobhi–Bokaro–Durgapur, Bokaro–Angul–Dhamra, and Dobhi–Barauni–Guwahati.
Currently, the pipeline supplies 12.26 Million Standard Cubic Meters per Day (MMSCMD) of natural gas. It serves four fertilizer plants, two refineries (Barauni and Paradip), multiple industrial units, and 32 City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks, including cities such as Varanasi, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Kolkata.
In the Durgapur–Haldia section (294 km), 132 km up to Kolkata is operational. Of the remaining 162 km to Haldia, 103 km of pipeline has been laid. GAIL is also developing the Dhamra–Haldia section, with an authorized length of 240 km, out of which 198 km has been laid.
Due to limited availability of Right of Use (RoU), the completion timeline for the remaining portions of the Durgapur–Haldia and Dhamra–Haldia sections has been revised from March 2025 to December 2025.
Once completed, the expanded pipeline will enable gas supply to the Haldia refinery, City Gas Distribution networks in Howrah, Hooghly, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, and other industrial consumers along the route.
