PM URJA GANGA PROJECT

PM URJA GANGA PROJECT

Subject: Economy

Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation several infrastructure projects in the oil and gas sector in Haldia, including the ambitious 348-km Dobhi-Durgapur natural gas pipeline built by government-owned GAIL.

Concept:

• The 348-kilometer pipeline from Dobhi in Bihar to Durgapur in West Bengal is part of the Pradhan MantriUrja Ganga project to take environment-friendly natural gas to India’s eastern parts which hereto was left untouched by the benefits of gas-based economy..

About the Pradhan MantriUrja Ganga Project:

• It is a gas pipeline project that aims to provide cooking gas to people.
• It was launched in 2016 in Varanasi and later extended to people in the states of Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.
• The government is taking the initiative to connect the eastern states with the national gas grid.
• The total length of the pipeline under the Pradhan MantriUrja Ganga Project is approximately 3,384 km, out of which 766 km of pipeline is in Odisha state and the balance 2,618 km is in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Assam.
• The project will not just supply CNG to automobiles and cooking gas to household kitchens in cities along the route, but also to industries to meet their feedstock or fuel requirement.
• The project is being implemented by GAIL.