NHAI eyes LPG bottling plant to expand highway

Hazaribag. The LPG bottling plant set up by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) on the direction of former Union finance minister and Hazaribag MP Yashwant Sinha at Chano under Baheri panchayat of Hazaribag Sadar block now faces a major hurdle. 
 
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has selected a major portion of the land for conversion of Hazaribag- Barhi section of NH 33 into four lanes. The present land measuring 5.58 acres was provided to HPCL by Ranchi Industrial Area Development Authority(RIADA). 
 
DC Ravi Shankar Shukla said if the NHAI acquired portions of the land where fencing has been made to protect the safety zone of the plant, it may or may not affect the plant.
 
He added that after receiving a petition from panchayat mukhiya Saraswati Devi, the district administration is considering an alternative arrangment with NHAI to ensure that the plant does not suffer. Energy. Economic times

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