At the doorstep Vid to get piped natural gas supply from Adani’s Dhamra Port soon

 

 

 

Vidarbha region will soon get its piped natural gas supply from Adani’s Dhamra Port, which is situated in Bhadrak district of Odisha. The much-awaited natural gas pipeline has already reached the city, extending up to Nagpur Airport. Whereas, in the coming years, the network is expected to expand across the city, making natural gas connections available to residents and providing them an alternative of LPG cylinders with 24x7 gas supply. According to higher authorities of Dhamra Port Company Limited (DPCL), GAIL (India) Limited is responsible for cross-country pipeline supply of LPG and the project was already initiated in 2023. In the first year, DPCL supplied one million ton of LNG from its port whereas in 2024, it was two million ton and by 2025 also, the quantity is the same.

 

In the next couple of years, DPCL is planning to cross the target of five million ton. Dhamra Port is getting its LNG from Qatar and after converting it to gas form at Dhamra LNG Terminal, the authority hands over the piped gas to GAIL for further cross-country distribution. Whereas, the supply of piped natural gas from Dhamra Port to Vidarbha region will commence in coming days as GAIL is working to connect the pipeline from Eastern ports like Dhamra. Haryana City Gas (HCG) has started supply of natural gas in some parts of Nagpur city by GAIL through the Mumbai-Nagpur-Jharsuguda pipeline.

 

Whereas, HCG will lay pipelines across the district to provide gas connections to households and industries. HCG has already laid pipelines up to the airport, covering areas such as MIHAN, Hingna MIDC and Chinchbhuvan areas. Gas consumers in Sitabuldi and other nearby places are likely to get the connection by the end of 2026. Whereas, GAIL is laying a gas pipeline from Mumbai to Nagpur along the 700-km Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg. More than 90 per cent of work between Mumbai and Nagpur has been completed.