Nanar refinery project: Notification to acquire land in Konkan scrapped

Bhavika Jain / TNN / Updated: Mar 2, 2019, 18:08 IST

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In a major victory for the Shiv Sena, the petroleum factory at Nanar taluka in Konkan which was opposed by the locals have been scrapped by the state.

Nanar refinery project: Notification to acquire land in Konkan scrapped

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. (Photo credit: @CMOMaharashtra)

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Sena was not in the favour of the project and had also made it a pre-condition for the poll alliance issue.
The Rs three-trillion project had been announced by the central government in 2015.
The project involves setting up one of the world's largest refinery complexes in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.

MUMBAI: In a major victory for the Shiv Sena, the proposed petroleum refinery project at Nanar taluka in Maharashtra's Konkan region, which faced huge protests, was scrapped by the state government.
Sena was not in the favour of the project and had also made it a pre-condition for the poll alliance issue. Industries minister Subhash Desai said that chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has signed the file to denotify the order that was issued to begin land acquisition.

"It was one of our promises to the locals, which was fulfilled today," said Desai.

The Rs three-trillion project - involving setting up one of the world's largest refinery complexes - in Rajapur in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, which is 400km from Mumbai, had been announced by the central government in 2015.
The plan was to build a 60-million tonnes per annum (mtpa) refinery at a cost of Rs 1.5 trillion in two phases of 40 and 20 mtpa.

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Bhavika Jain

Bhavika Jain, senior correspondent with The Times of India. While her primary beat is the BMC, she also keep tab on stories relating to other beats like heritage, environment and health. When she is not scouting for news stories, she usually watch films or try out new places to eat.

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