Indian Oil’s 109-km-long Muzaffarpur-Motihari LPG Pipeline will provide cleaner cooking fuel to people in Bihar, Nepal. Indian Oil’s LPG bottling plant and storage terminal will act as a strategic supply point for the export of petroleum products to Nepal.
Mar 15, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Indian Oil’s 109-km-long Muzaffarpur-Motihari LPG Pipeline that will provide access to cleaner cooking fuel in the state of Bihar and the neighbouring country of Nepal.
Mr. Modi further inaugurated Indian Oil’s LPG bottling plant and storage terminal at Motihari. The new pipeline terminal would also act as a strategic supply point for the export of petroleum products to Nepal.
It would serve eight districts of North Bihar – East Champaran, West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi and Madhubani. It would also make the supply chain smoother in feeding markets attached to the Motihari plant.
The Prime Minister further unveiled developmental projects worth INR 12,800 crore.He emphasized maintaining this pace to accomplish the resolve of Viksit Bihar.
He laid the foundation stone of the City Gas Distribution project in East Champaran, West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan and Deoria, along with grain-based ethanol projects at HBL’s Sugauli & Lauriya.
Mr. Modi inaugurated road projects including two laning of Piprakothi-Motihari-Raxaul section of NH-28A with paved shoulder; two laning of Sheohar-Sitamarhi-Section of NH-104.
He laid the foundation stone of projects, including the construction of six lane cable bridge on river Ganga parallel to Digha-Sonepur rail-cum-road bridge at Patna; and four laning of Bakarpur Hat-Manikpur section of NH-19 bypass.
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The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation, doubling the 62-km rail line from Bapudham Motihari-Piprahan and Narkatiaganj-Gaunaha Gauge Conversion.
He laid the foundation stone for doubling and electrification of 96-km-long Gorakhpur Cantt-Valmiki Nagar rail line and redevelopment of Bettiah railway station. He also flagged off two new train services between Narkatiaganj-Gaunaha and Raxaul-Jogbani.
