Work on the Rajasthan petrochemicals complex going on in full swing

Work on the Rajasthan petrochemicals complex is going on in full swing, with more than 50 per cent of the job having been done, according to state government officials. The state government and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) have entered into a joint venture for setting up a refinery-cum-petrochemicals complex of 9 million tonnes a year in Pachpadra, Barmer district. The project cost is estimated at more than Rs 43,000 crore and the equity share of HPCL is 74 per cent and that of the Rajasthan government 26 per cent.

“All the 13 mechanical units of the refinery are slated to