Chennai, May 29 -- union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Tourism Suresh Gopi reviewed the progress and pending issues related to two major pipeline projects of national importance in the State of Tamil Nadu at a meeting held in Coimbatore.

According to a PIB release, the projects reviewed included the Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore Natural Gas Pipeline project of GAIL involving a revised project cost of about Rs 5,909 crore with physical progress of around 96.6%, the Irugur-Devanagonthi Multi Product Pipeline project of BPCL which involves a revised project cost of about Rs 1,732 crore with physical progress of around 82.6% and CGD Project of BPCL for Erode and Nilgiris districts involving a project cost of Rs 3 68...