NUMALIGARH REFINERY

Aug. 8, 2018

NGT has dismissed a petition by Numaligarh Refinery Limited for retaining a concrete boundary wall on Deopahar Reserve Forest in Assam, so as to protect Elephant corridors.

About:

  • It is located at Morangi, Golaghat district, Assam.

  • The refinery is owned by Numaligarh Refinery Limited, a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum (61.65%), Oil India (26%) and Govt. of Assam (12.35%).

  • Myanmar is the second country after Bangladesh where NRL has exported Diesel in the recent past.

  • It is located along NH-37 (which passes through kaziranga national park also).

Source : The Hindu

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