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“ $10-BILLION clean air drive set to

boost Indian PIPE MAKERS

his project aims to see 10 million from next year,” said E.S. Ranganathan, and pipeline industry move in tandem,” “
homes linked to gas grids by managing director of Indraprastha Gas according to Dinesh Kumar Sarraf,
T2020 and bring relief to smog LtdNSE -1.49 %., which supplies gas for chairman of the state-run Petroleum &
filled cities. homes and transport in New Delhi and its Natural Gas Regulatory Board. “The deeper
Steel pipe makers are set to become suburbs. This will require about 12,500 we push gas use, the greater will be the
beneficiaries of India's $10 billion push to kilometers of pipes within the next three to need for pipelines.”
expand its natural gas network to more of four years, he said. Winners
its urban masses and cut pollution. Low penetration of pipes and government
India is seeking to double the share of measures such as the setting up of the
India has just completed its biggest city gas natural gas in the country's energy mix to National Gas Grid and revamping the water
distribution auction that would extend 15 percent by 2030, while slashing and sanitation infrastructure, provides a
coverage to more than half of its 1.3 billion emissions by a third. domestic business opportunity of more than
people across a third of the nation's area. The country, which the World Bank said in 300 billion rupees ($4 billion), Jindal Saw
This project aims to see 10 million homes 2016 was home to 14 of the 30 most Ltd. said in its annual report in August.
linked to gas grids by 2020 and bring relief polluted cities on the planet, is building gas
to smog filled cities. “There will be a lot of pipelines and new import facilities to
requirement for steel pipelines coming in increase use of the fuel. “The gas economy
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