The districts which will benefit from the oil terminal include Bargarh, Balangir, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Nuapada. The Union Minister said plans are afoot for setting up another oil terminal jointly by HPCL and BPCL in the district. He appealed to the State Government to provide land for the proposed project, Reports Bureau in Governance Democracy&Politics (GDP), December Issue
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan dedicated state of the art oil terminals of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. at Jharsuguda and Jatni to the nation in presence of Dr Prabhas Kumar Singh, MP, Bargarh, Sri Naba Kishore Das, MLA, Jharsuguda, Smt Radha Rani Panda, HMLA Brajarajnagar, Shri Sanjiv Singh,Chairman, IndianOil, Sri B S Canth Director (M) and other dignitaries.
On the occasion, Pradhan said, “Accelerated development of the Eastern States is a focus area of Narendra Modi Government. The biggest oil terminal of Odisha at Jharsuguda is yet another important milestone for uninterrupted delivery of fuel supply to at least 10 districts of Western Odisha”.
The districts which will benefit from the oil terminal include Bargarh, Balangir, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Nuapada.
The Union Minister said plans are afoot for setting up another oil terminal jointly by HPCL and BPCL in the district. He appealed to the State Government to provide land for the proposed project. Dedicating an augmented oil terminal at Jatni and Paradip-Raipur-Ranchi pipeline project at the function, Pradhan said the integration of Paradip refinery with Jatni and Jharsuguda in Odisha, Ranchi oil terminal in Jharkhand and Korba and Raipur terminals in Chhattisgarh will be an enabler for faster evacuation of petroleum products and economic growth of the region.
The fully automated terminal at Jharsuguda with an investment of Rs 140 crore will generate enormous indirect employment for local people, he said.Similarly, the renovation of Jatni oil depot at a cost of `70 crore will cater to the needs of 13 districts namely Angul, Boudh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Nayagarh, Puri, Phulbani, Rayagada, Malkangiri and Kalahandi.
Of the 1,069 km Paradip-Raipur-Ranchi pipeline, 634 km of the pipeline has been laid in Odisha with an investment of Rs 1,100 crore.Bargarh MP Prabhas Kumar Singh, Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das , Brajrajnagar MLA Radha Rani Panda, Indian Oil Chairman Sanjiv Singh and other IOCL officials were present.
Pradhan praised the projects, referring to the contribution to the success of the economic development plans of Eastern India of Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi. He said “These new facilities will further strengthen storage and distribution of petroleum products in the states of Odisha, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh”. Sri Pradhan said more than 22000 LPG gas connections distributed to BPL families in Jharsuguda district under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. He proposed for availability of natural gas in Jharsuguda district through pipeline which will be connecting to Dhamra Natural Gas Regasification plant.
Accelerated development of the Eastern States has been the focus area for the Government of India. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, while dedicating the 15-MMTPA Paradip Refinery to the nation, termed it the Vikasdeep of Eastern India. The integration of the Paradip refinery with Jatni and Jharsuguda Oil Terminals through Paradip-Raipur-Ranchi Pipeline in Odisha will be an enabler for faster evacuation of petroleum products from Paradip Refinery. The Paradip-Raipur-Ranchi Pipeline is further connected to Ranchi Oil Terminal of Jharkhand and Korba and Raipur Oil Terminals of Chattisgarh. The total project cost for these projects is about Rs.2800 crores. These facilities will aid in meeting the growing demand of Petroleum products leading to faster development of the region. Sri Sanjiv Singh Chairman Indian Oil had welcome and addressed the gathering. He said the biggest and smart automated oil terminal of Odisha at Jharsuguda is yet another important milestone for uninterrupted, automated delivery of fuel supply to 10 District of West Odisha– Bargarh, Bolangir, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Sundergarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur & Nuapada. The terminal at Jharsuguda is part of the Government’s continuing endeavour to build a world-class & automated oil terminal in the Odisha.
