CRZ nod for CPCL proposal to replace crude oil pipeline.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd's proposal to replace the crude oil pipeline between Chennai port and its refinery in suburban Manali with a bigger, better and safer facility has got the CRZ (coastal regulation zone) clearance.

The crucial nod from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), by way of a notification on January 3, besides paving the way for the project to fuel the refinery,s expansion programme is also expected to bring relief to residents of North Chennai. This CRZ clearance is particularly significant to them as the existing pipeline is nearly 45 years old, less efficient and suspected to have leaked many times.

THE HINDU