Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the natural gas pipeline from Kerala’s Kochi to Mangaluru in Karnataka via video conferencing. The ₹3,000-crore project will carry natural gas from the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regasification Terminal at Kochi to Mangaluru.
He also added that work is on to set up 16,000 km of new gas pipeline network in the country, and it will be completed over the next four to six years.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement the 450km long pipeline built by GAIL Ltd marks an important milestone towards the creation of 'One Nation One Gas Grid'. PM’s office said over 1.2 million man-days of employment was generated during the construction of the pipeline.