January 18, 2015 / 19:00 IST
"My ministry will take responsibility to provide required gas for the fertiliser plant," Pradhan vowed.
Outlining other projects of his ministry, he said that an oil pipeline be laid from Motihari to Nepal to provide oil and gas to the neighbouring country.
"Till now tankers used to supply oil to Nepal, but our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to the neighbouring country last year, had promised to lay pipeline for the same and it will be done soon," he said.
He announced the laying of a LPG pipeline from Durgapur in West Bengal to Barauni-Patna-Muzaffarpur in Bihar and said that more LPG bottling plants have also been proposed in Bihar to meet growing demand of the cooking gas in the state and also in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
Regarding social welfare initiatives of the PSU oil companies, Pradhan said that the
IOC in Barauni will start nursing and college for the students from next year and added that the Baruani refinery will launch skill development project for 400 students of this region.
With regard to environmental issues arising out of refinery project, he said that such matters will be looked into.
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