The length of the pipe can reach 1,735 kilometers. The pipeline is to run from Galkynysh – the largest gas field in Turkmenistan – the through the Afghan cities of Herat and Kandahar, and finally reach the Fazilka township located near the India-Pakistan border. The project’s estimated cost is up to $10 billion.
Start date of TAPI pipeline's construction revealed
According to Trend.az solemn groundbreaking ceremony of the huge Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline will take place on December 13, 2015. Afghanistan’s Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has been invited to participate at the ceremony by his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during a phone conversation.
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