Manadaviya reviews progress of upcoming urea unit of RFCL at Ramagundam

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Mos for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday visited the upcoming urea unit of Ramagundam Fertilizes and Chemicals Limited (RFCL) and reviewed the progress of the project with the senior officials of the company.

Mandaviya was accompanied by Minister for State for Home Affairs Kishan Reddy Minister of State, Ministry of Fertilizers' Additional Secretary Dharampal, RFCL's CEO Nirlep Singh Rai and RCFL's Executive Director (Project site) Rajan Thapar. During the visit, Mandaviya visited the plant units like main control room where the process of the manufacturing of the neem coated urea was explained by the RFCL officials, which was followed by the visit to the reformer and bagging plant.

Mandaviya Chaired a review meeting in which RFCL officials appraised the plant progress to the minister through the presentation. Reddy, Dharampal, other government officials including RFCL and EIL senior officials were present in the meeting.

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During the meeting, RFCL's CEO briefed the minister about the physical progress of various works of the project and said that the project is more than 99 percent complete. It was also informed that the work at the site got stalled during the lockdown period for some time but has resumed since May 03 this year. Singh said that availability of manpower at the site area had created some problem but management adopted proactive measures to retain contract workers by providing free meals and accommodation tot them. They were also paid wages during the lockdown period.

Mandaviya appreciated the works done by RFCL during and after lockdown without risking the life of workers.

Addressing the Media on this occasion Mandaviya said that the revival of the five defunct fertilizer units would bring the self-sufficiency in the urea by reducing the import and enhance the indigenous production of urea. He also reiterated that the much-needed urea requirement of urea to the farmers in the Telangana state would be fulfilled once the RFCL urea plant gets operational.

Mandaviya expressed confidence that the plant will be commissioned on time and the production of Neem coated urea will be commenced in two months. He has also informed that the RFCL plant will create employment opportunities to the local youth and help to boost the economy of Telangana.

RFCL's upcoming gas-based urea unit of 12.7 Lakh MT per annum capacity at Ramagundam, Telangana is a Joint Venture  (JVC) promoted by National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Engineers India Limited (EIL) and Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL). The foundation stone of the project was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 7, 2016.

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