GAIL flags off second phase of KKMBPL project

GAIL (India) informed on Wednesday that the company has forayed into the state of Kerala with Kochi-Koottanad-Mangaluru-Bengaluru Pipeline (KKMBL) project at a cost of Rs 3,263 crore. 

This pipeline will form part of the National Gas Grid and it will go a long way in fulfilling the vision of the Government of India towards building a gas-based economy.
 
The project activities in 100% of the pipe length will gather full momentum after the monsoon. With the continued support of the state government and the people at large, the company is confident of completing the entire Kochi-Koottanad-Mangaluru pipeline by December 2018.
 
The Kochi-Koottanand-Mangaluru pipeline will give a major economic boost to the state of Kerala by way of supplying environmentally friendly industrial development.
 
In Phase-I of the project, around 41 km pipeline had already been commissioned during 2013 to transport natural gas from Kochi LNG Terminal. As a part of Phase II, the pipeline section from Kochi-Koottanad to Mangaluru section of 438 km is being executed.