Dahej, Gujarat, Feb 09: India's first liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal at Dahej, 120 km from Baroda, was dedicated to the nation by Petroleum Minister Ram Naik. With this, India has joined the elite LNG club of select nations, which will help India achieve the much-needed energy security for becoming a developed nation. The terminal will supply natural gas to Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana. The supplies from this terminal would create additional capacities for compressed natural gas (CNG) and also provide piped domestic gas to millions of homes. The Dahej terminal can be expanded at a low cost and the project would soon be augmented to tap the new markets within Gujarat by supplying to GSPL and to consumers in Maharashtra by the proposed Dahej Uran pipeline, Naik said. ''Through Petronet, we have dedicated to the nation a state-of-the-art LNG terminal which will enable India to receive 20 mmscmd, constituting almost one-third gas supplies to vital sectors of power and fertiliser,'' he added. The minister said, ''We can savour the flavour of success on what has been achieved in terms of not only creation of world class infrastructure by way of development of the facilities but also at successful structuring of a complex high-value chain type project with multiple linkages with several players.'' Minister of State for Petroleum Sumitra Mahajan and senior officials were present on the occasion. Bureau Report