The Union government inaugurated the Durgapur-Kolkata section spanning about 132 km of the Jagadishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra gas pipeline on July 18, 2025. It entailed an investment of Rs 11.9 billion.
The Jagadishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra gas pipeline project, being implemented by GAIL (India) Limited, involves construction of a 3,306 km long pipeline from Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh to Haldia in West Bengal at an investment of Rs 129.4 billion. The pipeline extends through Hazira- Bijaipur- Jagdishpur pipeline. Phase I has a capacity of 16 million metric standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) which will be further augmented to 32 mmscmd in Phase II.