New Delhi: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is setting up an LPG bottling plant of 120 TMT (Thousand Metric Ton) per annum on 26 acre land at Barhi in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand.

The foundation stone was laid by Chief Minister of Jharkhand Raghuvar Das, Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda and Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan, in the presence of other dignitaries through video conference from Jamshedpur on November 1.

HPCL, a Maharatna company having presence across the country, is operating two LPG bottling plants at Jamshedpur and Hazaribagh in Jharkhand. This LPG plant at Barhi with a storage capacity of 1,050 MT and refilling capacity of 45,000 cylinders per day will meet the growing demand of LPG in Hazaribag, Koderma, Giridih, Chatra, Palamu, Deoghar, Dumka, Godda, Sahibganj and Pakur. The plant is being set up at an investment of Rs 161.5 crore and is scheduled for completion by September 2021.

The first HPCL LPG bottling plant in Hazaribagh district was set up in 2001.