The Mizoram government is taking initiatives to set up a railfed Petroleum Oil Lubricant (POL) depot near Aizawl. According to a statement, the proposed oil depot is planned to be set up at Sihhmui, about 22 km north of Aizawl.

Chief minister Zoramthanga on October 27, convened a meeting with officials of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). The meeting reviewed the plans made by the oil company for setting up the new oil depot. The proposed oil depot would be a railfed when construction of the broad gauge railway line between Bairabi and Sairang is completed.

Officials said that the construction of the oil depot has already been started. Mizoram does not have a single oil depot for which the state has often been facing oil crises when supply stopped from outside due to bad road conditions or strike. Most oil supplies come from Assam. It is to be mentioned that the filling stations across the state could store fuels to meet the requirements of public consumers for only around five days.

The meeting between the chief minister and IOCL officials further reviewed the proposal for the expansion and upgrade of the existing gas bottling plant at Mualkhang near Aizawl.

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