Mizoram Govt Mulling To Set Up 1st Oil Depot In State

Guwahati: Mizoram Minister K Lalrinliana has said the state is mulling setting up an oil depot in the state and work will likely begin in the next three months.

The state food, civil supplies, and consumer affairs minister asserted that are no oil depots in the state as of now and due to this the state frequently faces shortages.

''We are the only state in the country that has no oil depot. We have no shortage facility except those in filling stations, which can stock fuel that can last for only five days,'' he said while addressing a political session at the Mizo National Front (MNF) office here on Monday.

The Minister also apprised that the state government is trying to set up more gas bottling plants that can store LPG for at least three months of consumption.

Notably, due to landslides and floods in Assam and Meghalaya, the Mizoram faced a shortage of petrol.

Mizoram imports oil and LPG mainly from Assam.

Later, while commenting on the rice stocks, he said that the state has enough stocks of rice for seven months.

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