New Delhi, Nov 14, 2022, By Special Correspondent

New Delhi, Nov 14: Maharashtra-based TCR Engineering has bagged orders for undertaking non-destructive testing works including radiography inspection of weld joints in the North-East gas grid.

The 1,656-km North-East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid will connect Guwahati in Assam to major cities in the region such as Agartala, Itanagar, Dimapur, Kohima, Imphal, Aizawl, Shillong, Silchar, Numaligarh, and Gangtok.

The pipeline will enable the supply of piped cooking gas to households and CNG to automobiles, besides fuel to industry, according to the company's global president Rohit Bafna.

TCR is working on a project at the Purba Bharati Gas (PBGPL) distribution in the Kamrup district of Assam. The company's role is to undertake several quality assurance checks of these pipelines during its construction stage.

In India, TCR Engineering is executing gas infrastructure pipeline projects at across 84 sites, he said.

Bafna said TCR Engineering has bagged multiple new projects in the area of defence and gas pipeline. The company is into quality assurance of materials and testing industrial assets used in various projects related to sectors like steel, cement, nuclear power, capital goods, defence and electronics, among others.

The defence orders include microstructure analysis of SB 115 aircraft structure for HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited), testing of forged and rolled complex concentrated alloys, high strength naval grade steel, and their weld joints as per DRDO Naval Materials Research Lab (NMRL).

Besides, the company is undertaking welding inspection activity on the city gas distribution network in Bijnor and Nainital districts of Uttar Pradesh.