New Delhi, November 4: The Centre has granted Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL) the right to use a 37.745-kilometre land corridor already used by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for its pipelines in Assam. The decision will allow IGGL to lay its proposed natural gas pipeline along the existing corridor through Sivasagar and Jorhat districts.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued a notification on November 3, granting both companies joint rights to use the specified land for their respective pipelines. The decision covers part of IGGL’s proposed pipeline from Duliajan to Sectionalizing Valve Station-14 of the Guwahati–Numaligarh Pipeline.
The proposed pipeline will transport natural gas. According to the notification, its route overlaps with four existing ONGC pipeline sections: Geleki–Jorhat, Geleki–DJP, DJP–Lakwa and Lakwa–Moran.
ONGC had already acquired the right to use this land through government notifications issued between 2010 and 2012. The latest decision allows IGGL to share the same corridor without affecting ONGC’s existing rights.
The arrangement involves the Right of User (RoU), a legal provision that allows a company to use specified land for laying pipelines without acquiring ownership of the land itself. In this case, both ONGC and IGGL will hold joint rights over the 37.745-kilometre stretch.
The notification was issued under Section 6(4) of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962. It states that the joint Right of User will vest in both companies from the date of publication, free from encumbrances as provided under the applicable law.
The notification also identifies the land parcels covered by the decision in Sivasagar and Jorhat districts. These include areas around Nazira and Amguri in Sivasagar and Teok in Jorhat. A detailed schedule lists the villages, administrative areas and survey numbers along the route.
The arrangement gives IGGL access to an existing pipeline corridor for its proposed natural gas pipeline. However, the notification does not confirm whether construction has begun on this section or when the pipeline is expected to become operational.
It also does not specify the project’s estimated cost, gas transportation capacity or completion deadline.
The November 3 notification establishes joint land-use rights for the specified corridor, enabling IGGL’s proposed pipeline to share the route already used by ONGC’s pipeline network in Assam.
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