- NET Web Desk
The significant Public-Sector Undertaking (PSU) – Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has unveiled its latest greenfield Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottling plant in Agartala, constructed at an investment of Rs 169.11 crores.
According to the Indian Oil Corporation Executive Director (IndianOil-AOD) Ganesan Ramesh, the foundation stone for the plant was laid in 2017, and the project got completed as per schedule in February 2020.
“The Agartala bottling plant started commercial production in November 2021. The futuristic plant was built keeping in view the rising energy demand in Tripura and is designed using industry best practices over a sprawling 40 acre land,” he said.
This facility was officially inaugurated by the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Petroleum and Natural Gas – Rameswar Teli and Union Minister of State (MoS) for Social Justice and Empowerment – Pratima Bhoumik on Sunday.
Ramesh said the facility was built with a cost of Rs 169.11 crores, and that “additional investment” would be made in the future.
The plant has a rated capacity of 60,000 Thousand Metric Tonnes Per Annum (TMTPA) and can bottle 17,000 cylinders every day, including domestic and commercial ones. It can also store 1,350 MT in leakproof mounded bullets of LPG.
“This new plant will cater to all the eight districts of the northeastern state,” – mentioned the Executive Director.
In addition, IndianOil-AOD, the IOC’s Northeast division, now operates nine plants in four northeastern states. Assam has six units and one each is located in Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura.
It has a total installed capacity to bottle 5.23 crore LPG cylinders every year, at its nine operational plants and the capacity utilization currently stands at 5.11 crore units.
