BPCL to commission Rs 1.03-billion LPG bottling unit by March 2020

The new bottling unit, being built at a cost of Rs 1.03 billion over 23 acres at Barkhani village, would generate direct and indirect employment for 80-100 people

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), a maharatna PSU, aims to commission the LPG bottling unit at Balangir, its second in Odisha, by March 2020.

The new bottling unit is being built at a cost of Rs 1.03 billion. The facility is to be spread over 23 acres at Barkhani village, around 12 km from the Bolangir railway station. The unit would have the capacity to produce 4.2 million LPG cylinders per year and cater to the requirement of the consumers in 14 districts – Balangir, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Kalahandi, Sonepur, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Boudh, Kandhamal. Rayagada and Nuapada.

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