The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is setting up a new LPG bottling plant at Barhi, Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand.
The plant will have a capacity of 1.2 lakh tpa with 48 filling guns automatic electronic carousal with downstream facilities, LPG mounded bullet storage of three x 350 tonne, eight truck unloading bays and other allied facilities. The project worth Rs 161.50 crore will spread over 8.8 acre of land.
The power requirement for the plant operations 500 kVA power will be drawn from the nearest substation of the Jharkhand State Electricity Board.
In April 2019, HPCL acquired land for the project. The foundation stone for the project was laid by Chief Minister of Jharkhand Raghuvar Das in November 2019.
As per information gathered by Projects Today, boundary wall work on the project is underway. Work was recently commenced on development of LPG tanks and laying of pipeline work. The project is slated to be completed by 30 September 2021.