PM Modi inaugurates Ennore Thiruvallur Madurai Tuticorin Ramanathapuram pipeline project
New Delhi, February 17 :
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Ennore Thiruvallur Madurai Tuticorin Ramanathapuram pipeline project as part of the one Nation one gas grid concept.
Three projects were inaugurated by the Prime Minister through video conferencing.
Speaking at the inauguration, Mr. Modi pointed out the need to effectively create clean energy sources which is the future of the Country.
He said dependence on import of oil and gas should reduce considerably by 2030. He assured that the Government was working to reach the growing energy demand of the Country. He said that projects were launched to meet the demands of oil and gas.
Prime Minister Modi said that India was set to become a leader in solar power. He also said that there was a need to increase ethanol production.
Pointing out the concerns of the Government towards the middle class, Mr. Modi said that more public utility vehicles will function on CNG.
The 143 kilometer of the Ennore Thiruvallur Bengaluru Puducherry Nagapattinam Madurai Tuticorin Natural gas pipeline has been laid at a cost of Rs 700 crore. Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of the Cauvery Basin Refinery at Nagapattinam
The Cauvery Basin Refinery project estimated at a cost of Rs 31 thousand five hundred crore will be set up at Nagapattinam at a capacity of nine million tps.
This joint venture between IOCL and CPCL will produce motor spirit and diesel with BS VI specifications and polypropylene as a value added product. These projects result in socio economic benefits and boost the Country’s Urja aatmanir bharta.
The project will help utilise gas from ONGC fields and deliver natural gas as feedstock to industries and other commercial customers.
He also inaugurated the gasoline desulphurisation unit at CPCL Manali which has been constructed at a cost of around Rs 500 crore. The unit will produce low sulphur environment friendly gasoline and help reduce emission contributing towards a cleaner environment. Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy thanked the Prime Minister for inaugurating the projects.