Indian Oil Corporation ltd (IOCl) will set up two Airport refuelling stations —one at Jagdapur Airport and another at Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, Subodh Dakwale, Executive Director (Corporate Communications and Branding), Indian Oil Corporation, Marketing Division informed this at a press conference organised here on Thursday.
The company has recently commissioned two state-of- the-art terminals at Korba and Raipur. Both are pipeline-fed, ensuring thereby an uninterrupted supply line to Chhattisgarh – even if there are road/rail breaches, or natural calamities such as floods.
This brings the total Tankage of 79019 Kl in petrol, 1,44,278 Kl in diesel, 24,015 Kl in Kerosene and 15008 Kl in other products in the state of Chhattisgarh, he said.
Moreover, under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) IOCl has so far released as many as 10.19 lakh gas connections in Chhattisgarh. In order to ensure smooth supply of gas cylinders the company in collaboration with Chhattisgarh Government has set up 50 gas agencies in remote areas of the State. These agencies are being run by Adim Jaati Sahkari Seva Samities. There are plans to set up 48 more such agencies to cover the remotest areas of Chhattisgarh, he said.
Dakwale said that “PMUY is most focussed on Chhattisgarh. PMUY was launched in Chhattisgarh by Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural gas on August 13, 2016. It started in the state with the unique concept wherein the state government agreed to contribute to the hot plate and cost of first refill of PMUY with a total contribution of Rs. 200 by the beneficiary. Thus the scheme was very successful from day one.