Dhanbad is likely to get piped natural gas (PNG) supply soon.
GAIL (India) Limited is engaged in commissioning of domestic PNG supply through the Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline Project.
The project, being implemented by GAIL, involves construction of 3,174 km long pipeline from Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh to Haldia in West Bengal at an investment of Rs 160 billion. The pipeline extends through Hazira-Bijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline. Phase I will have a capacity of 16 million metric standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) which will be further augmented to 32 mmscmd in Phase II.