Undersea pipeline to take Iran gas to India: Report
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Iranian gas exporting pipeline
The Indian government is reportedly determined to seal a deal with Tehran on laying a direct undersea gas pipeline from Iran to India.
Indian media reports said Tuesday that the planned multi-billion project will circumvent Pakistan.
“The deal for the Iran-India undersea gas pipeline will be done. Matters have become easier as the US-imposed economic sanctions on Iran have been lifted,” the Indian daily, The Tribune, quoted an unnamed government official as saying.
The 1,400 kilometer pipeline will link Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar to India’s western Gujarat State, bypassing the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Pakistan.
New Delhi will also reportedly fund a rail link between Chabahar and Zahedan, the provincial capital of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan.
The railway will join the Iranian port with International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) to provide direct access to Central Asia.
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