IOC commences AWS of LPG for Leh

Excelsior Correspondent

First loaded LPG tanker of Indian Oil Corporation leaving for Leh on Wednesday.
First loaded LPG tanker of Indian Oil Corporation leaving for Leh on Wednesday.

JAMMU, May 2: Indian Oil Corporation commenced Advanced Winter Stocking (AWS) of bulk LPG for Leh from their LPG Bottling Plant, Bari Brahmana.
The first tanker loaded with LPG dispatch was flagged off by Tejpal Dahiya, Plant Manager, Indian Oil Corporation, Bari Brahmana, in presence of other plant officers and staff.
Srinagar-Leh National Highway remains closed during winters almost for six long months and advanced stocking of Bulk LPG is done every year to cater the LPG requirement of the Ladakh region during this period.
Only Indian Oil Corporation Limited has put up a LPG Bottling Plant at Leh, which is highest in the world.
Indian Oil’s bottling plant situated at Bari Brahmana, is the nodal bulk LPG loading point for Leh plant, which in turn bottles the LPG into cylinders for further distribution within the region.