President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers demanded to speed up the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline. Having ordered to analyze the situation in this direction, the head of state gave Deputy Prime Minister Myratgeldi Meredov, who is in charge of the fuel and energy sector, specific instructions on taking the necessary measures to properly establish this work, the state news Agency of Turkmenistan reports.
The project is under construction with Dec 2015, main TAPI gas pipeline length of more than 1.8 thousand kilometers will pass from the gas field “Galkynysh” in South Turkmenistan through the Afghan cities of Herat and Kandahar, Pakistani Quetta and Multan to Fazilka in the West of India. The planned capacity of the pipeline is designed to supply 33 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
