TAPI pipeline - GS questions based on daily current affairs

ANSWER: Punjab

Explanation:

• Fazilka is in Punjab.
• The gas available from the project (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline) is expected to boost development of industrial and commercial activities in Fazilka district, including start of CNG and City gas distribution and associated employment generation.
• Earlier in November 2014, the Pipeline Consortium, TAPI Pipeline Company Limited (TPCL) was incorporated in Isle of Man, a British Crown dependency. The Share Holders Agreement of TPCL was also signed on 13th December 2015. The shareholding percentage in the TPCL would be Turkmenistan 85%, India 5%, Pakistan 5% and Afghanistan 5%.
• The pipeline starts from the Galkynysh gas field in Turkmenistan.

ANSWER: India

Explanation:
- TAPI is the 1,814-kilometre pipeline will run from gas fields in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan and Pakistan to India.
- It start from the Galkynysh gas field.
- In Afghanistan, TAPI pipeline will be constructed alongside the Kandahar–Herat Highway in western Afghanistan
- Then it pass via Quetta and Multan in Pakistan.
- The final destination of the pipeline will be the Indian town of Fazilka, near the border between Pakistan and India.

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:
TAPI : Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India pipeline

- It is funded by the Asian Development Bank.
- The ceremony for inaugurating TAPI project was held at ancient city of Mary.
- Turkmenistan's state company Turkmengas will lead the consortium for building the 1800-kilometre-long pipeline carrying gas from the former the Soviet state to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- GAIL India has signed a Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) with Turkmengas for import of 38 mmscmd of natural gas for 30 years.