State-owned GAIL (India) Ltd. said pipe contracts recently awarded will allow construction to begin in December on a 453-mile natural gas pipeline between Barauni, Bihar, and Guwahati, Assam.
The spur line is part of the 2,110-mile Jagdisphur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra system under construction in northeastern India.
GAIL said the larger project’s first phase will be completed within 2 months. Other phases, including the Barauni-Guwahati spur, will be completed sequentially by December 2021.