Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on February 7 inaugurated the 348-km Dobhi-Durgapur natural gas pipeline in east India, the prime minister’s office (PMO) said.  

The pipeline, part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project, will supply gas to eastern Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand. The 2,650-km Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga, will pass through the eastern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Odisha. The pipeline is being further extended from Barauni to Guwahati in the northeastern state of Assam through a 729-km pipeline. 

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Modi said that gas-based economy is the need of the hour for India. “One nation-one gas grid is an important step for meeting this need. For this, focus is on reducing cost of natural gas and expanding gas-pipeline network,” he said. 

India is promoting the usage of gas to tackle air pollution. The government hopes to increase the share of gas in the energy mix to 15% by 2030 from 6-7% now.