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Friendship in Action- IndianOil reaches Tripura via Bangladesh
New Delhi   09-Sep-2016


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Sri Dipankar Ray, Executive Director, IndianOil flagging off the
convoy to Tripura via Bangladesh at Guwahati.


It was a historic moment for India and Bangladesh both when Sri Dipankar Ray, Executive Director, IndianOil AOD State Office flagged off the first convoy of tank trucks carrying petroleum goods for Tripura via Bangladesh today from Guwahati Terminal.

Under the guidance of Petroleum Ministry, Government of India Indian Oil Corporation Ltd 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.

dir_plThe convoy consisting of 9 tank trucks carrying 108 KL of Diesel and Kerosene along with 1 LPG Tank Truck with 7MT of Indane will travel in the Betkutchi(Assam)-Dawki (Meghalaya)–Tamabil (Bangladesh)–Chatlapur (Bangladesh) – Kailasahar (Tripura)-Dharmanagar (Tripura) route. The Tank Trucks are expected to reach Dharmanagar depot in Tripura on 10thSeptember.

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. It had resulted in non-plying of goods trucks, including those carrying petroleum goods to Tripura. This had led into a situation of scarcity of essential petroleum goods, where the State Government had to resort to rationing.

To mitigate the situation, As per Petroleum ministry’s advice, IndianOil trucks were re-routed to Tripura through alternate circuitous route. 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. The additional expenditure on these movements were absorbed by IndianOil to avoid any hardship to the consumers.

While alternate measures have already been taken to address the situation, the facilitation extended by the Bangladesh Government under the MoU will further normalize the supply situation of petroleum products in Tripura in appreciable measure. This move by IndianOil not only paves the way for future logistic management in case of such crisis but also exemplify its commitment to be the Energy of India in true sense.