State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd. has announced investing 8.44 billion rupees (about $98 million) to expand the capacity of its Dahej-Uran-Dabhol-Panvel natural gas pipeline network to meet the country’s growing energy demand.

The investment, approved by GAIL's board of directors at a meeting held Monday, June 23, 2025, will help expand the DUPL-DPPL network's capacity from 19.9 million standard cubic meters per day (mmscmd) to 22.5 mmscmd within three years, the company stated in a stock exchange filing. 

In addition to the expansion, GAIL also revised the completion timelines for two other significant pipeline projects, citing various logistical and regulatory hurdles.

The 1,702-kilometer Mumbai-Nagpur-Jharsuguda pipeline project, initially slated for completion by June 30, 2025, has been pushed back to September 30, 2025, with the delay expected to incur an additional investment of 4.11 billion rupees ($47 million). 

This will increase the project's total cost to 82.55 billion rupees ($960 million), a 5.24% rise from the original estimate.

GAIL attributed the delays on the Mumbai-Nagpur-Jharsuguda pipeline to difficulties in obtaining forest and road transport permissions in Maharashtra, as well as issues with land acquisition and local resistance for certain sections.

The 744-kilometer Srikakulam-Angul pipeline project's completion has also been rescheduled from June 2025 to December 2025 after multiple setbacks due to delays in securing forest permissions.