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Indian Oil Corporation plans to double liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage capacity at its Thimmapur bottling plant, on the city outskirts, as a measure to maintain supplies to households for relatively longer duration during exigencies. One of the two such bottling plants of the national oil marketing company in Telangana — the other too is located on the outskirts at Cherlapally — the storage capacity at Thimmapur is to be enhanced from 1,800 tonnes to 3,600 tonnes. This is to be achieved by installing three mounded storage units of 600 tonnes each.
The project, whose mandatory public hearing is scheduled later this month, would increase the number of days cover for LPG storage from 3.3 to 8 (on the basis of double shift bottling operation). It would help maintain continuity of LPG refillls to the consumers and help overcome the scarcity of bulk LPG that often surfaces when the bulk transporters resort to agitation. Indian Oil Corporation would implement the capacity expansion project at an estimated cost of around ₹25 crore.
