Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal dedicated the BPCL bottling plant at Barkani in Balangir district to the nation after the visit of Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu was cancelled due to inclement weather on Friday.
Naidu was also scheduled to attend the inaugural ceremony of the Balangir Rajendra College’s platinum jubilee celebrations, besides opening the LPG bottling plant. He could not come from the Raipur airport in Chhattisgarh due to dense fog. In a message, the Vice-President expressed his regret for not being able to meet and greet the people of Odisha.
He hoped that new bottling plant in Balangir would make women’s live easier and healthier by ensuring timely supply of LPG. He also extended good wishes to the students, faculty members and alumni of the Rajendra College. In his absence, the two prorammes were held as scheduled in the presence of the Governor.
The bottling plant at Barkani, built at a cost of Rs 103 crore, has a capacity to produce 42 lakh cylinders per year and would met the requirement in 14 districts of western Odisha.
Among others, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, local MP Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo and local MLA and Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingha Mishra were present.