GAIL puts West Bengal on India s gas-map
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Brings in greener, cheaper fuel for homes, automobiles with the 348-kilometer pipeline from Dobhi in Bihar to Durgapur in West Bengal GAIL (India) Ltd, the nation s biggest gas utility, has put West Bengal on the gas map of India after it completed laying a Rs 2,433-crore pipeline that will bring to the state cooking fuel that is cheaper than LPG and CNG that costs less than petrol and diesel, and fuel to produce urea for all its requirement. The 348-kilometer pipeline from Dobhi in Bihar to Durgapur in West Bengal is part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project to take environment-friendly natural gas to India s eastern parts which hereto was left untouched by the benefits of gas-based economy.
In a series of tweets, Modi shared details of his visits to the two poll-bound states. Assmebly polls in Assam and West Bengal will be held in April-May this year.
PM Modi to lay foundation stone for projects, commission flyover in Bengal on Sunday
PM Modi to lay foundation stone for projects, commission flyover in Bengal on Sunday
During his visit to Assam and West Bengal on Sunday, PM Narendra Modi will kick off a number of development projects, including a second Catalytic-Isodewaxing unit at Indian Oil Corporation s Haldia Refinery.
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UPDATED: February 6, 2021 07:08 IST
File photo of PM Narendra Modi addressing a gathering in Kolkata earlier this year (Photo Credits: PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to make major announcements during his visit Assam and West Bengal on Sunday. While in Bengal, the PM will lay the foundation stone of key infrastructure projects in Haldia.
Read more about PM to lay foundation stone of key infrastructure projects in WB tomorrow on Business Standard. Modi will lay the foundation stone of key infrastructure projects in Haldia, West Bengal on Sunday at 4
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KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to share the stage with Narendra Modi on Sunday in Haldia, East Midnapore, from where the Prime Minister will dedicate four projects worth Rs 4,700 crore in oil, gas, and infrastructure sectors.
The projects will be executed by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), Gas Authority of India (GAIL), and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
Despite being invited, the Bengal CM decided to skip the event in the backdrop of the apolitical January 23 event organised by the Union Information Ministry at the Victoria Memorial where she was insulted by a section of the audience who raised the Jai Shri Ram slogan in the presence of Modi, said a source in the Trinamool Congress. Irked by the slogan, Banerjee had refused to speak in protest.