(PTI)
Public sector undertaking Indian Oil Corporation will invest over Rs 286 crore to enhance its LPG bottling capacity, including setting up of two greenfield plants, in North East by 2020. The company is establishing two new facilities at Agartala in Tripura and Barapani in Meghalaya at a total investment of Rs 217.46 crore.
“With increase is demand, we are ramping up our LPG bottling capacity across north-east. While we are adding more output to the existing plants, plants, new units are being set up to cover more areas,” Indian Oil Corporation Chief General Manager (IndianOil-AOD) Uttiya Bhattacharyya said here. The company currently has 10 bottling plants across north east and these are functioning at over 100 per cent utilisation rate, he added.