Construction work has commenced on the Gurdaspur- Jammu natural gas pipeline with preliminary work in progress on sectionalizing valves in Kathua and Hiranagar.
Besides, it is likely to provide domestic gas supply in Jammu by 2026.
The project involves laying, building, operating or expanding a 12”, 152 km long natural gas pipeline from Gurdaspur (Punjab) to Jammu through Pathankot, Kathua and Samba having system capacity of 3.10 million standard cubic meters a day (mmscmd).