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PM Modi to inaugurate Kochi-Mangaluru GAIL pipeline on 5th January


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Mangaluru, January 3, 2021: Prime Minister  Narendra Modi will dedicate to the Nation the Kochi – Mangaluru natural gas pipeline of GAIL (India) Limited on January 5, 2021, through Video Conferencing at 11:00 AM. It will mark an important milestone in spreading the use of the environment-friendly fuel in Kerala and Karnataka.

Arif Mohammad Khan, Hon’ble Governor, Kerala;  Vajubhai Vala, Hon’ble Governor, Karnataka; Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala;  B S Yediyurappa, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka and Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel will grace the occasion.  



This was announced today by Manoj Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL (India) Limited at a virtual press conference which was joined by Shri E S Ranganathan, Director (Marketing), GAIL and Shri M V Iyer, Director (Business Development), GAIL.

The 450 km-long pipeline will carry Natural Gas from Kochi in Kerala through Ernakulum, Trissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargode districts to Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. The pipeline is a landmark example of project execution with active support of Governments of Kerala and Karnataka.


The pipeline will bring convenient and uninterrupted supply of environment friendly and affordable fuel in the form of piped natural gas (PNG) to households, commercial units and compressed natural gas (CNG) across different city gas distribution (CGD) areas in different Geographical Areas.

The pipeline will offer clean industrial fuel and feedstock for petrochemical and fertilizer sectors and provide an opportunity for multiple gas-based industries to emerge, thus bringing about socio-economic benefits to the people of these states and creating direct and indirect job opportunities.