$945m allocated for gas supply projects

TEHRAN,Oct.20(MNA) - The Iranian administration has approved 1.16 trillion rials (about $945 million) to the implementation of gas supply projects in North Khorasan Province, IRNA quoted National Iranian Gas Company’s managing director Javad Owji as saying. Supplying gas to 410 villages and expanding the gas pipeline network across the province were also approved, Owji said. Iran will inaugurate some 700 kilometers length of new gas pipelines nationwide by the end of the current calendar year, which ends on March 20, 2103.