Modi inaugurates first phase of Kerala-Karnataka gas pipeline

Modi inaugurates first phase of Kerala-Karnataka gas pipeline

The Gas Authority of India is building the 1100-km pipeline network in Kerala and Karnataka and the 450-km first stretch opens on Tuesday.



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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of Kerala-Karnataka gas pipeline vowing to achieve his dream of “one nation one gas grid.”

The pipeline will take regasified LNG from the terminal in the Kerala port city of Kochi to Karnataka's Mangalore supplying the clean and cheap energy in the cities on its way.

Terming it as an important milestone for people of the two states Modi said it “will have a positive impact on the economic growth” of both.

“Rapid expansion of the gas-based economy is a must to achieve self-reliant India,” he said at an online event with the governors and chief ministers of both states in attendance.

“It will become the base of the gas distribution