More than 50 percent work on the Rajasthan petrochemicals complex has been completed.
The state government and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) have entered into a joint venture for setting up a refinery-cum-petrochemicals complex of nine million tpa in Pachpadra, Barmer district. The estimated cost of the project is more than Rs 43,000 crore.
All the 13 mechanical units of the refinery are slated to be completed by March 2024. As many as four of the 13 mechanical units would be completed by June 2023 and three within three months of that.
Over 17,000 people were working on works related to the refinery. So far, Rs 18,900 crore has been spent on the project.