Reliance Gas Pipeline Ltd (RGPL) has got the final environment clearance for its Rs 1,428 crore project to build a 486-km long pipeline through Gujarat and Maharashtra for transportation of liquid ethane.
"Based on the recommendation of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), the Union Environment Ministry has given environment clearance and coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance to the Dahej Nagothane Ethane Pipeline Project of RGPL," a senior government official said.
The clearance to the project 'Dahej Nagothane Ethane Pipeline (DNEPL)' was given subject to certain conditions, the official said, adding that the clearance letter was issued to the company on February 15.
Among the conditions specified, the company has been asked to earmark 2.5 per cent of the total cost of the project towards Enterprise Social Commitment, implement all issues raised during public hearing, follow horizontal drilling technique while passing through major rivers and obtain forest clearance for the project.
RGPL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has proposed to build a 486 km dedicated pipeline network to transport liquid ethane to the tune of 1.25 million metric tonnes per annum (MMPA) made available from RIL's Dahej manufacturing division to Hazira manufacturing unit and to RIL's Nagothane manufacturing facility.
DNEPL will originate from Dahej in Gujarat and terminate at Nagothane in Maharashtra. About 256 km of the pipeline would pass through Gujarat and 230 km would pass through Maharashtra, a sources said.
In Maharashtra, about 26 km will pass through Dahanu taluka which has been declared as an ecologically fragile area where the development activities are monitored by Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority.
