As soon as TAPI will be implemented in 2019, gas from the pipeline will be transferred to the centers use of Afghanistan. It is reported by Afghanistan's Tolo news on December 29, 2017.
It is noted with reference to the Ministry of mines and petroleum of the country that for early implementation of TAPI project in Afghanistan in 2018, the government will establish 3 operating center in the provinces of Herat, Kandahar and Helmand, which will control the distribution of gas from the project to the Afghan people.
Meanwhile, a number of economic commentators said that the government should take the necessary measures for the implementation of the TAPI project in the country to provide the population with sufficient amount of gas.
«In the 3 places will be created operational-distribution centers. The centers will be systematically distribute the gas. The locations for the centers were selected,» - the representative of the press service of the Ministry of mines and petroleum Abdulgader Mufti said.
The practical work on the TAPI project in Afghanistan will begin in 2018, and the project will be commissioned in 2019.
1814-kilometer pipeline would run from gas fields in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan and Pakistan to India. It starts with Galkynysh gas field.
In Afghanistan, the TAPI pipeline will be built along the highway Kandahar-Herat in Western Afghanistan and then 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.
