The 580 km-long pipeline, being laid by Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) from Visakhapatnam to Secunderabad exclusively for carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), may now be utilised for carrying the natural gas that has recently been struck in the Krishna-Godavary basin.
The pipeline, involving an investment of Rs 490 crore, is ahead of schedule in execution and will become operational by June this year.
A GAIL spokesman said here today that though originally conceived for the exclusive carriage of LPG , in view of the finding of fresh reserves of natural gas by ONGC, Cairn Energy, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation and Reliance Industries, in the Krishna-Godavari basin,
