PATNA: Work on metro rail and double-decker flyover projects on Ashok Rajpath is likely to be delayed as the compressed natural gas (CNG) pipeline that was laid from Gandhi Maidan to Gai Ghat has come as a major obstacle. The agencies engaged in building the flyover and underground metro stations on this route will have to relocate the gas pipeline.
The Patna Metro Rail Corporation Limited (PMRCL) and Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam limited (BRPNNL) have asked the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) to provide detail of the CNG pipeline and estimated cost for shifting the utilities. The agencies have to relocate the 2km pipeline from Kargil Chowk to NIT-Patna to pave way for the construction of underground stations and double-decker road on the route.
