There is news for cheer on the gas front. LNG pipelines for transferring gas from the Ennore Port near Chennai metro to Tiruvallur-Bengaluru-Puducherry-Nagapattinam-Madurai-Tuticorin are expected to be completed in early 2022. S S Sawant, Executive Director, Southern Region Pipelines, IndianOil, said that work on this 1244 km long pipeline has been proceeding apace. He expressed hope for completing the work before the end of the financial year.