Seven deep sea pipeline projects for discharging treated industrial effluents –
costing a cumulative INR 8,321 crore – are under various stages of execution
across Gujarat. These pipelines are being laid from industrial clusters in
Ahmedabad, Surat, Ankleshwar, Vapi, Jetpur, Vadodara and Sarigam.
The most expensive of the projects is the one in Surat, costing an estimated INR
4,841 crore. Under this project, pipelines linking Palsana and Kadodara (located
east of Surat) and Sachin and Pandesara (located in the west), will be laid and
taken to a disposal point in the deep sea as suggested by the National Institute of
Oceanography.
Similarly, pipelines will be laid from Ankleshwar and Jhagadia in Bharuch
district – that will open in Gulf of Khambhat – costing an estimated INR 276
crore.
In central Gujarat, a similar pipeline from Vadodara will be laid at a cost of INR
128 crore. The proposed deep sea pipeline project from Ahmedabad will cost
INR 1,478 crore. Jetpur is the lone industrial estate in Saurashtra where a
similar pipeline will be laid towards Porbandar (Navi Bandar) at a cost of INR
675 crore.
