Foundation of two central project laid by Prime Minister

Bhubaneswar, Dec 24: Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone of two Central projects during his day long visit to State.

He laid the foundation for the Paradip-Hyderabad Pipeline Project of South Eastern Region Pipelines, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd at Khajuria village, before Jankia toll gate, Khorda through video conferencing from IIT, Bhubaneswar Campus,Argul and of . the Bokaro – Angul section of the Jagdishpur – Haldia & Bokaro – Dhamra pipeline (JHBDPL).

The proposed Paradip-Hyderabad pipeline with a capacity of 4.5 MMTPA provides connectivity to a new grass root depots at Berhampur in Odisha, Achchutapuram (near Vizag) in AP and Malkapuram, Hyderabad in Telangana, and also to Indian Oil’s existing depots at Vizag, Rajahmundry and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.

Addressing the gathering of villagers during the ground breaking ceremony, Executive Director, South Eastern Region Pipelines (SERPL) IndianOil P C Choubey said, ” PHPL is a national project of immense significance that would cater to the growing energy demand in three different states and is likely to create employment opportunities for the people in the vicinity of Right-of-Way of pipeline.

A day-long free Health Check-up Camp was organised by South Eastern Region Pipelines in association with Apollo Hospitals, Bhubaneswar at the site which covered 400+ patients.

Under CSR 2018-19, SERPL conducted need assessment camp in Khordha District. Identified Divyangjans (PWDs) have been provided with aids and assistive devices during the ground breaking ceremony in the presence of Mr. Choubey, ED (SERPL).

Proposed PHPL pipeline has been designed as per the Latest National and International Standards with state of the art technology considering all the safety aspects holistically from construction to Operation stage.

The length of the proposed pipeline is about 329 km in Odisha, 723 Km in Andhra Pradesh and 160 Km in Telangana. The total cost of the complete pipeline system along with associated facilities of this proposed project is approx. Rs. 3808 crore.

The proposed Paradip-Hyderabad Pipeline Project was identified in National Perspective Plan under Sagarmala Programme by the Hon’ble Prime Minister.

The acquisition of RoU (Right of Use) as per provisions of the P&MP Act 1962 has been completed for entire 1212 km length. Pipeline laying work has been formally launched in all the three states. The project is expected to be completed and commissioned by August 2020.

The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of the Bokaro – Angul section of the Jagdishpur – Haldia & Bokaro – Dhamra pipeline (JHBDPL), paving the way for the supply of natural gas for households, vehicles and industries in 11 districts of Odisha and Jharkhand.

          Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram, Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and MP Prasanna Kumar Patasani and a host of other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

The Bokaro – Angul section being constructed by GAIL (India) Limited will have a total length of 667 km, of which 367 km will be in Odisha and 300 km in Jharkhand.

It will cover five districts in Odisha (Angul, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Debagarh) and six districts in Jharkhand (Bokaro, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla, Simdega).

          The project cost of this section will be approx. Rs 3400 crores and is scheduled to be completed by December 2020.

The section is part of the 2650 km-long JHBDPL project, popularly known as ‘Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga’ passing through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Odisha.

 The pipeline is further being extended from Baruani (Bihar) to Guwahati (Assam) with a length of approx. 730 Km which will be a gateway for pipeline infrastructure in the North East.

          Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has already awarded the Geographical Areas for development of City Gas Distribution networks in these 11 districts to different entities and the Bokaro – Angul section will be cater for the supply of natural gas to these areas.

          The pipeline will benefit a large population in the districts enroute with clean and green fuel in the form of household PNG connection & establishment of CNG station resulting in easy accessibility to cooking fuel to thousands of households and reducing vehicular pollution and cater the energy demands of steel, refractories, aluminum and other industries en-route the pipeline, besides generating employment opportunities for thousands of local youth.