About 105 km pipeline has been laid in Tripura under the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid.
Besides, work on laying the remaining 148 km pipeline in the state is likely to be completed by March 2025.
The North-East natural gas pipeline grid involves development, operation and maintenance (O&M) of a natural gas pipeline connecting eight states viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. It is being implemented by Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL), a joint venture (JV) company of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), GAIL (India) Limited, Oil India Limited (OIL) and Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL). It entails an investment of Rs 92.65 billion.