Motihari-Amlekhgunj petroleum project in final stage

KATHMANDU: The second phase of the Motihari-Bara-Amlekhgunj Petroleum Pipeline Project has reached the final stage of the project completion.

The project is being carried out as part of Nepal-India Cooperation.

The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has stated that 90 per cent of the project’s job is finished.

The Chief of Madhesh State Office of the NOC, Binitmani Upadhyay, said the remaining tasks of the project will be completed in two months adding that two tanks with a capacity of 4,001 kiloliters was prepared and the task of laying the pipeline has reached its final phase.

The government of Nepal has invested Rs 1.54 billion and Rs 600 million from the Indian government for the project.