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IndianOil moves Petroleum Goods via Bangladesh to Tripura.
New Delhi   09-Sep-2016

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Sri Dipankar Ray, Executive Director, Head of IndianOil in the North-East will flag off the first convoy of tank trucks carrying petroleum goods for Tripura via Bangladesh tomorrow from IndianOil's Guwahati Terminal at 11am. The convoy consisting of 7 tank trucks carrying 84000 Litres of Diesel and Kerosene will travel in the Betkutchi(Assam)-Dawki(Meghalaya)–Tamabil(Bangladesh)– Chatlapur (Bangladesh) – Kailasahar (Tripura)-Dharmanagar(Tripura) route. The Tank Trucks are expected to reach IndianOil's Dharmanagar depot in Tripura on 10th September.

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd under the guidance of Petroleum Ministry, Government of India had signed an MoU with the Roads and Highways Department of People's Republic of Bangladesh in August, 2016. The MoU enables IndianOil to transport Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene & LPG in tank trucks by Road from Meghalaya to Tripura through Bangladesh. Bangladesh Government, given the friendly, multi-dimensional and expanding bilateral relations between the two countries, agreed to India's request for facilitation of the movement of IndianOil tank trucks carrying petroleum goods to Tripura through its territory.

The supply of petroleum products to the state of Tripura has been severely affected due to the heavy rains and the dismal condition of the highway – NH 44, leading to the state from Assam. As per Petroleum ministry's advice, IndianOil trucks were re-routed to Tripura through alternate circuitous route, reserved exclusively for Petroleum and LPG movement. Simultaneously, Petroleum products through – RORO- (Roll On - Roll Off) where the tank trucks carrying petroleum products and LPG Bullets loaded on open railway wagons, were also moved to the state of Tripura. These measures have eased the supply scenario in the state of Tripura considerably. While alternate measures have already been taken to address the situation, the facilitation extended by the Bangladesh Government under the MoU will further improve the supply situation of petroleum products in Tripura in appreciable measure.

The next batch of supplies consisting of LPG Tank trucks is also expected to depart Guwahati soon.