Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda laid foundation stone of HPG second-stage plant
Staff Correspondent
Dibrugarh: Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda, in his maiden visit to Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited, laid the foundation stone of the HPG 2nd Stage Plant at the BCPL complex on Thursday in the presence of Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and MP of Dibrugarh, Rameswar Teli, MP Tapan Kumar Gogoi and various other dignitaries.
The proposal for setting up a Butene-1 and 2nd Stage Hydrogenation of Pyrolysis Gasoline (HPG) plant at Lepetkata at a cost of Rs. 386 crore has been approved by the Government of India. In the first phase, BCPL will set up a HPG 2nd stage plant at a cost of Rs. 125.99 crore. This project having capacity of 52,000 TPA will produce a value-added product which can be blended with motor spirit. BCPL was commissioned on January 2, 2016 at a cost of Rs. 9,965 crore and was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister on February 5, 2016. The plant was stabilized within eight months of commissioning and achieved full capacity operation during 2018-19. In the current financial year also, the plant is operating at above 100 per cent capacity.