Raje distils Refinery dream after bringing Ring Road on track
This month of August is proving august month for Rajasthan. Chief minister Vasundhara Raje is busy bringing all her dream projects on ground. A couple of days back, NHAI signed an MoU with JDA for laying the impending ring road promising a 15-month disposal to a 15- year-old concept. Now, her government has signed yet another ambitious MoU with HPCL for a refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in remote area of Pachpadra in Barmer, which is going to change the entire socio-economic dynamics of the state. The project will pump in a total investment of Rs. 43,129 crore while Cairn Energy would investment another Rs 27,000 crore in next four years to increase oil production.
On both the occasions, she used her personal rapport with union ministers to garner central government support for realising these ‘complicated’ projects. In case of Ring Road, union road minister Nitin Gadkari mobilised his road agency NHAI while union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan ironed out all problems blocking the HPCL MoU.
With this Raje has silenced her detractors and opposition who were labelling these projects as mere poll gimmicks. The chief minister, with this single stroke, has been successful in conveying people that her government is …read more