GAIL’s expressway pipeline marks 1st of its kind integration milestone

Around 675 km, or nearly 96 per cent, of the pipeline runs inside the narrow utility strip along the expressway

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

GAIL (India) Ltd has completed the Mumbai-Nagpur Natural Gas Pipeline (MNPL), a 694-kilometre trunkline laid almost entirely within a three-metre-wide utility corridor along Maharashtra’s Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway. The project marks India’s first major integration of a high-capacity gas pipeline into a dense transport corridor under the PM GatiShakti framework.

Around 675 km, or nearly 96 per cent, of the pipeline runs inside the narrow utility strip along the expressway. Conventional pipelines typically require 20-30 metres of workspace, but GAIL executed the project within the width of an average footpath while coordinating construction across multiple expressway packages handled by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). The pipeline, with a capacity of about 16.5 million standard cubic metres per day and bidirectional flow capability, is nearing full operational readiness.