New Delhi, April 5 -- Deepak Gupta, Director (Projects) & A K Tripathi, ED(Projects) along with other GAIL officials received the award in the category "Achievement Award for Best Construction Projects" wherein Barauni - Guwahati Natural Gas Pipeline Project (A part of PM Urja Ganga Gas Pipeline project) was recognised. This Pipeline connects the north-eastern states of the country with the National Gas Grid. The 718 Km pipeline connects various customers such as IOCL refineries at Guwahati & Bongaigaon, 9 GAs (City Gas Distribution) across the states of Bihar, West Bengal and Assam.

Notably, this pipeline includes a 3.6 km HDD crossing of the Brahmaputra River, the longest at that time, and 4 river major crossings using the micro-tunnel...