With an estimated investment of Rs 350 crore two mega petroleum projects will soon come up at Bokaro. Foundation stones of both projects are scheduled to be laid down by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan and Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Sunday, in a ceremony at Library Ground, sector 5 in Bokaro Steel city on Sunday, informed Sundar Rajan PRO of Bharat Petroleum.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is going to erect infrastructures for LPG bottling plant and POL Terminal (Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants) at Bokaro which would be the first in Jharkhand for the company, he said.
With and estimated investment of Rs 250 crore BPCL's LPG bottling plant is proposed at JIADA at Balidih which capacity would be 60,000 MT, said Raman Kumar, Infrastructural Head of Jharkhand — Odisha. “ JIADA has allotted 20 acres of land at Balidih for the plant,” he added.
This bottling plant would be fully automated and equipped with the latest technology, informed Debashis Palit, State Head Retail of BPCL.
Meanwhile, a 27,000 kiloliter capacity POL terminal is coming up at Radhagaon with an investment of Rs 100 crore, he informed. “This terminal would be equipped with all white standard safety,” he added. In the edge of industrialization and development Bokaro soon to be turn-up as an ‘Industrial Hub’ with several thousand of direct and indirect job opportunities to facilitate the youths, he said.