NOC accelerates petroleum storage facility construction process

Bhairahawa: The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has accelerated the petroleum storage facility construction process at the Rohini river bank in Rupandehi.

Construction of the dam at Rohini rivulet, the border of Omsatiya and Rohini rural municipalities, was underway and 70 percent of the construction of the dam has been completed so far, said Engineer Hiramani Khanal. He said that construction activities of the embankment have been forwarded at Rohini rivulet by assessing the flood situation of the last 50 years.

Rohini rivulet flows in the north and west of the land where the NOC is constructing the storage facility. A retaining wall has been constructed on the north side while a gabion wall has towards the west of the site. The NOC is constructing the new storage facility on around 14 bighas of land purchased at the Parasi-Bhairahawa road section as the storage capacity of the Bhalbari depot is less and near the human settlement.

The new storage facility would sustain the petroleum demand of Lumbini Province for 20 days. The NOC has been constructing storage depots at different places in the country to increase the storage capacity of petroleum products. Project Coordinator Pradeep Yadav explained that the storage tank at the cost of Rs. 3 billion.

Three tanks having a storage capacity of 2,100 kilolitres of diesel, two tanks having the capacity to store 1,600 kilolitres of petrol, and three tanks having the capacity to store 70 kilolitres of kerosene oil would be constructed. After the construction of a new storage facility, the Bhalbari depot would be shifted to the bank of Rohini Rivulet. Yadav shared that the design of the project would be completed within mid-October.

The Kathmandu University is designing the project. The foundation stone of the project will be laid in November and a target has been set to complete the construction within 2083 BS.

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