Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd
(HPCL) commissioned its LPG bottling plant at Hazaribag Industrial Area in
Jharkhand on 12 April 2001. This is the company’s second bottling plant in the
State, the first one being at Jamshedpur.
The new plant in Jharkhand is expected to
cater to 30,000 consumers, while the existing plant caters to about 80,000
consumers.
The company also plans to commission seven more
bottling plants in 2001. Currently, the company has 34 bottling plants, which
have a combined bottling capacity of 13,50,000 tonnes per annum.