The government is planning to add Tripura in the India-Myanmar gas pipeline project, Jairam Ramesh Minister of State for Commerce announced.

We have received the proposal from the Tripura Industry and Commerce Minister Tapan Chakraborty for a 160 km link pipeline for transporting natural gas from Myanmar.

Tapan revealed, the government is considering our proposal for the possible linkage.
Once the link pipeline is built, Tripura will be able to export its surplus gas to the rest
of the country or can even use the gas from Myanmar to set up gas-based plants in the state, he added.

Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), the state-owned had already submitted a feasibility report to the petroleum ministry for the 1,400-km-long pipeline from Myanmar's Sitwe area to the National Grid Station at Gaya in Bihar via the northeast and West Bengal.

Many industries have expressed their desire to establish their units if the required
quantities of gas were made available from Myanmar, said Industries and Commerce Director Abhishek Chandra.

The ONGC is commissioning a giant 740-MW gas-based thermal power project at Palatana in south Tripura and is planning for a jump in gas production in Tripura from 1.5 million metric standard cubic meters per day (MMSCMPD) to 4.5 MMSCMPD to meet the growing demand of gas.