GAIL (India) Limited has stated that it has awarded the contract for laying 520 km of pipelines from Dobhi (Bihar) to Durgapur (West Bengal) including a 120 km line to Jamshedpur (Jharkhand). With these awards, major contracts for Phase II of the Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra natural gas pipeline (JHBDPL) project have been finalised. Meanwhile, work on Phase I of JHBDPL is at an advanced stage of construction and the company is putting in all efforts to complete it before the scheduled completion date of December 2018.