GSPC to lay 14,000 sq kms of gas pipeline in Western Kutch

“This pipeline will also help take natural gas to small and medium enterprises in the district,” Patel added. The permission to lay more gas pipelines in the state comes at a time when a number of gas-powered power plants and industrial units are facing an acute shortage of natural gas.

The areas that will benefit from the natural gas pipeline in the next 25 years are Bhuj City, Mundra City, Bhuj (Rural), Mundra (Rural), Mandvi, Nakhatrana, Abdasa and Lakhpat.

Three City Gas Distribution (CGD) companies of GSPC Group in Gujarat — GSPC Gas, Gujarat Gas and Sabarmati Gas — currently take natural gas to 10.5 lakh households in the state, the statement said.