Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), India's premier natural gas company, has completed the 694-kilometre Mumbai–Nagpur Natural Gas Pipeline, a major infrastructure project built alongside the Samruddhi Mahamarg (Maharashtra's Nagpur–Mumbai Super Communication Expressway). The project has been developed under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, which aims to integrate multimodal connectivity infrastructure through coordinated planning.
The pipeline was constructed within a 3-metre wide corridor along the Samruddhi Mahamarg, making it a model of integrated corridor infrastructure development. With a designed capacity of 16.5 Million Metric Standard Cubic Metres per Day (MMSCMD), it is one of the highest-capacity natural gas transmission pipelines in the western and central Indian region.
The Mumbai–Nagpur pipeline will serve multiple critical energy needs across Maharashtra. It will supply natural gas to city gas distribution (CGD) networks across towns along its route, enable the expansion of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) infrastructure for cleaner vehicular fuel, and provide industrial and domestic clean energy supply across the state. This is expected to significantly reduce dependence on conventional fossil fuels such as coal and liquid petroleum, contributing to cleaner air and lower carbon emissions.
The PM GatiShakti framework, launched in 2021, promotes collaborative planning among 16 ministries to lay utilities — gas, optical fibre, power lines — along existing transport corridors, reducing excavation costs and delays. The Samruddhi Mahamarg corridor utilisation model is now seen as a replicable template for pipeline development across India.
GAIL's pipeline complements Maharashtra's clean energy transition goals and supports the national objective of increasing natural gas's share in India's energy mix from around 6% to 15% by 2030, in line with India's climate commitments.