New Delhi: Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) is considering ending the Rs 270-crore pipe-laying contracts it awarded to IL&FS last year as the credit crunch facing the contractor continues to simmer, a source told The Economic Times. The termination of the deals could prove to be a setback for the project aimed at taking natural gas to much of eastern India. The gas utility was last year planning to commission the 2,655-km pipeline from Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh to Haldia in West Bengal, with branch lines to Bokaro in Jharkhand and Dhamra in Odisha. The completion of the project, a part of 'Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga' pipeline project, was expected to help revive three fertiliser units in UP, Jharkhand and Bihar.