Thiruvananthapuram: Shashi Tharoor, MP, has urged Union Minister for Petroleum Jaipal Reddy to consider a proposal for a pipeline to supply natural gas in Thiruvananthapuram.
In a communication to Mr. Reddy, he said the pipeline was crucial for the development of key installations in Thiruvananthapuram in the IT, Defence, health, space research, education, and tourism sectors.
Mr. Tharoor said a meeting convened by the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary on February 15 had decided to entrust the Gas Authority of India Limited with studying the feasibility of extending a pipeline from Kayamkulam to Thiruvananthapuram through land or water.
GAIL is currently working on a project to lay a pipeline from the Kochi terminal to Bangalore, Mangalore and the thermal power plant set up by NTPC at Kayamkulam, as well as to establish a pipe network to supply natural gas to Kochi city. The pipeline to Kayamkulam and the first phase of the network in Kochi are expected to be commissioned by 2012.
Mr. Tharoor urged Mr. Reddy to extend the pipeline from Kayamkulam to Thiruvananthapuram to ensure distribution of piped natural gas in the capital city.
Name of Source: The Hindu