North East Gas Grid achieves a 50% target

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The NEGG (North East Gas Grid) Project has achieved a 50.17% physical target incurring an expenditure of Rs 2236.97 crore, including Rs 1,030-crore VGF (Viability Gas Funding). The scheduled completion target of the project is March 2024.

As many as 411 km of mainline welding and 324 km of pipeline lowering out of the total length of 1656 km of the NEGG project is over by July end. A report from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has revealed this.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has authorized the work of the 1,656-km-long North East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid to Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited. The Ministry took up the NEGG project connecting all the northeastern states to the National Gas Grid through the Barauni-Guwahati natural gas pipeline as a part of the "Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga" Scheme. The NEGG Project runs through 12 districts of Assam, one district of Arunachal Pradesh, two districts of Manipur, four districts of Meghalaya, two districts of Mizoram, two districts of Nagaland, two districts of Sikkim, seven districts of Tripura and two districts of West Bengal. The total capital expenditure of the project is Rs 9265 crore, including the VGF of Rs 5,559 crore.

In addition, the PNGRB has authorized seven geographical areas for the city gas distribution (CGD) network in Assam. Till May 2022, the authorized CGD entities have laid a 7,721-inch km steel pipeline and 11,757-inch km of medium density polyethylene pipe (MDPE) pipeline in their geographical areas for PNG connections and establishing CNG stations.

Indradhanush Gas Grid Ltd (IGGL) is a joint venture company of IOCL, ONGC, GAIL, OIL and NRL. The government incorporated IGGL on August 10, 2018, towards implementing the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for Northeast India, released by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in 2016. Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 envisages Northeast economic development by leveraging its hydrocarbon potential, enhancing access to clean fuel and accelerating growth.

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