Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal performed Bhumi Puja to mark the inauguration of setting up of LPG bottling and storage facilities at Dabidubi in Golaghat district on Wednesday.

With bottling capacity of 12,500 LPG cylinders per day and storage capacity of 24,000 MT, the facility is expected to go a long way in catering to LPG demands of the region, while also decongesting refinery post expansion.

The plant which is expected to be completed in three years would give direct and indirect employment to several hundred youths of the state, said Sonowal.

Chief Minister Sonowal while taking a look at the project, hailed the NRL functionaries for taking initiatives in setting up the project. He also asked them to complete the project within the stipulated time frame so that people, in general, can reap the benefits of the expansion plan of the NRL which was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Central government in 2019.