Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will lay foundation stone for a Common User Petroleum Facility at Sadashibpur, Dhenkanal, on Saturday.
Minister of State Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli, Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahoo and Hindol MLA Seemarani Nayak will remain present.
The facility would help reduce cost of frequent transportation of petroleum products. The Paradip terminal districts of Angul, Keonjhar, Deogarh and Dhenkanal would be major beneficiaries.
The approximate cost of the project is Rs 395 crore. It would have a storage capacity of about 42,000 KL of MS, HSD, ethanol and bio-diesel. The project would generate about 2 lakh man days’ employment during the construction period and many more during operation.