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GUWAHATI: Five public sector oil and natural gas companies signed a joint venture agreement here on Friday to implement a Rs 6000-crore gas pipeline grid project in the northeast. The 1500 km-long natural gas pipeline will link the northeast to the national grid and help propel industrial growth in the region. The project is a part of the Jagdishpur-Haldia gas pipeline. Gangtok will be connected with Siliguri via the GAIL pipeline from Barauni to Guwahati.Officials also said the gas pipeline from Barauni in Bihar to Guwahati is expected to be laid by 2022. From Guwahati, the pipeline will extend to Numaligarh, Dimapur, Kohima and Imphal in one direction, and Shillong, Silchar, Aizawl and Agartala in a second direction..