Aizawl: State government is planning to set up an oil depot in Mizoram in order to avoid frequent shortages of fuel. Mizoram Minister for Food, civil supplies, and consumer affairs K Lalrinliana has said the state is planning to set up an oil depot in the state and work will likely begin in the next three months.
The 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 Mizoram government is trying to set up more gas bottling plants that can store LPG for at least three months of consumption.
Due to landslides and floods in Assam and Meghalaya, Mizoram faces frequent shortage of fuel. 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.
