Question : Gas Pipeline Project

(a) whether the Government is acquiring the Right of User in the land for the purpose of laying Shahdol(Madhya Pradesh)-Jaysingh Nagar-Beohari-Gurh-Phulpur (Uttar Pradesh) gas pipeline;

(b) if so, the acquisition being made under the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962; and

(c) the current status of the said acquisition?
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MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam.

(c): The RoU has been acquired for the entire length of the pipeline in the States of MP and UP.


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