Durgarpur, July 19 -- Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said that the newly inaugurated 132 km natural gas pipeline in West Bengal will benefit more than 25 lakh families, underlining the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'One Nation One Gas Grid.'

Addressing the public in Durgapur on Tuesday, Hardeep Singh Puri said that the government has increased the gas pipeline to 25,000 km, which was 1500 km in 2014.

"Until 2014, the country had only 15,000 km of natural gas pipelines. PM Modi ji decided that we have to build 33,500 km of pipeline by 2030. Today, we can proudly say that we have increased it to almost 25,000 km," he said.

"Today, the inauguration of a 132 km long gas pipeline by the auspicio...