GAIL Gas Ltd will supply PNG to 3,00,000 households in Dehradun district under the city gas distribution project. Making the announcement here on Friday, GAIL Gas Ltd Managing Director (Marketing) V Gautam said work on laying pipelines for the project will begin in a month. In five to six months, the firm will start supplying piped natural gas to 5,000 households in Chakrata, Dehradun, Doiwala, Kalsi, Rishikesh, Tyuni and Vikasnagar areas of Dehradun district, he added.
The target is to cover 3,00,000 households spread over an area of 3,088 square km in the district at a cost of Rs 15 billion in the next eight years. Registeration of PNG consumers under the project will soon get under way, the MD said. As laying pipelines from Haridwar to Dehradun is likely to take some time, PNG will be supplied in the district for the time being through de-compressed units (DCUs) of which 4-5 will be set up in Dehradun, Gautam said.
Kerala: Distribution of natural gas to households in Kozhikode soon
The infrastructure development work for the distribution of piped natural gas to households in Kozhikode, Malappuram and Wayanad districts is likely to start soon. The plan is to complete the laying of pipelines for household connections and to the bunks of Indian Oil Corporation in some parts of Kozhikode. The work in Kozhikode will commence at Unnikulam and nearby areas in the first phase. The intermediate pigging station of the gas pipeline developed by the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) at Unnikulam. It will be the base station for the household network and network to CNG bunks.
“The infrastructure development and distribution of CNG to houses will be completed by the Indian Oil-Adani Gas Private Ltd,” said M Viju, deputy general manager of GAIL. “The IP Station functioning at Unnikulam and three sectionalizing valve (SV) stations at Puthur, Kottur and Ayanchery in the district will also function as refilling stations and centres of local area distribution,” he said adding that similar works would be carried out in other districts also.
IP stations and SV stations are part of the GAIL pipeline for the real-time monitoring of the gas supply. The stations have the facilities to check the pressure of piped gas using software. Two weeks ago, a team of experts from the IO-AG visited Unnikulam, Kunnamangalam and other areas as part of planning their work. IO-AG private limited is entrusted the task of infrastructure development and distribution of piped natural gas to individuals as GAIL cannot give direct supply to household consumers. They are entitled to carry out direct supply only to major customers.
The household distribution will be done after reducing the line pressure of the piped gas in accordance with the regulations of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board. The area from Unnikulam to Karanthur will be covered by the IO-AG private limited, said MLA PTA Rahim. “They have assured to start work at the earliest to complete the process before June,” he said. The plan is to lay distribution line alongside the national highway 766 from Unnikulam to Karanthur.