<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation three key projects related to the Petroleum sector in Bihar through video conferencing on Sunday. The projects include the Durgapur-Banka section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur Pipeline Augmentation Project and two LPG Bottling Plants. They have been commissioned by Indian Oil and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited- HPCL, under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The 193 kilometer long Durgapur-Banka pipeline section is a part of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur Pipeline Augmentation Project, for which the foundation stone was laid by the Prime Minister on 17th February 2019. Durgapur-Banka section is the extension of the existing 679 Kilometer long Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG pipeline to the new LPG bottling plant at Banka in Bihar.<br />'' <br />'' Indian Oil's LPG Bottling Plant at Banka will increase the 'AtmaNirbharta' of Bihar by meeting the rising demand for LPG in the state. This Bottling Plant has been built at an investment of around  131.75 crore  rupees to serve the districts of Bhagalpur, Banka, Jamui, Araria, Kishanganj  and Katihar in Bihar, alongwith  Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Sahibganj and Pakur district  in Jharkhand.<br />'' <br />'' With the LPG storage capacity of 1800 Metric Tonnes and bottling capacity of 40 thousand  cylinders per day, this plant would generate direct and indirect employment opportunities in the state of Bihar.<br />'' <br />'' HPCL's LPG Bottling Plant has been constructed at Harsidhi in East Champaran district at a cost of over 136 crore rupees. This plant has been constructed on 29 acres of land and its Foundation stone was laid by the Prime Minister on 10th April 2018. The bottling plant will cater to the LPG requirement of East Champaran, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Siwan, Gopalganj and Sitamarhi districts of  Bihar.</span><br />''