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MRPL's expansion capacity will reach 21 metric tonne per annum by 2021'

September 16, 2012

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Mangalore, September 16: The nameplate capacity of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) will go up to 21 million tones (MT) from the present capacity of 12.82 MT by 2021. The capacity is all set to go up to 15 MT once phase III expansion project of MRPL is fully operational by the end of this fiscal. The refinery will also see a capacity expansion to 18MT by the end of the current five year plan on the basis of revamp of existing units in phase I and II.

Sudhir Vasudeva, chairman, MRPL and CMD, ONGC Ltd briefing reporters at the end of 24th annual general meeting of MRPL here on Saturday said the proposed capacity expansion to 21 MT is as per the plan perspective of the ONGC group. MRPL is a subsidiary of ONGC. "We have drawn up a perspective plan ONGC 2030 and this will see the capacity of MRPL raised to 18 MT first, and then to the proposed capacity of 21 MT," Sudhir Vasudeva explained.

The expansion project is as envisaged in a memorandum of understanding signed with the state government at the recently concluded Global Investors Meet 2012, Vasudeva said adding it would entail an investment of Rs 8000 crore. Vishnu Agarwal, director (finance), MRPL said while the capacity increase to 18 MT will be on the strength of inhouse efforts, there is need for additional infrastructure to take it to the projected capacity of 21MT in the next nine-years.

PP Upadhya, managing director, MRPL pointed that the successful commissioning of the crude distillation unit and the vacuum distillation unit of phase III project on March 29, two-days ahead of the sunset date for availing benefits under section 80(B) of the Income Tax Act has given a big boost in increasing refining capacity to 15MT. However, continuous delays in captive power plant being built by BHEL are hampering scaling up refining capacity to the 15 MT, he said.

On the first quarter loss of Rs 1,521 crore this fiscal, Upadhya said this is a cyclic phenomenon. Noting that things had improved vastly in the second quarter, Upadhya who hoped for better numbers said the issue of water shortage that forced MRPL to shut operations for more than 10-days in April this year will be addressed in time before next summer. The state government has sanctioned an additional 2.5MGD of water for sustained operations, he added.


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February 22,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 22: Karnataka legislative assembly speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has issued a notification banning entry of journalists in the Legislators House.

"Electronic media and print media cannot enter the Legislators House any time," the notification issued by the Speaker's office read.

The notification which was issued on February 18 said, "The legislators come to Legislators House from their constituencies during the assembly session. It is their private time when they stay there. When journalists come to Legislators House to meet them, it's an invasion of their privacy."

"Arrangements will be made for journalists to speak to MLAs outside the gate. No journalist or camera person will be allowed inside the gate," the notification added.

The Legislators House is located near the Vidhan Soudha, the state legislative assembly.

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May 27,2020

Bengaluru, May 27: A yet incomplete state-wide survey has revealed that there are over 53.99 lakh households vulnerable to the infection in Karnataka. The survey is being conducted by the government to find COVID-19 vulnerable population particularly with comorbidities and cases like SARI and ILI.

The survey, which is 67.16% complete so far, finds 1.37 lakh households across Karnataka have people with comorbid conditions, excluding a further 13,341 households with symptoms of Influenza Like Illness (ILI), Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and Covid-19.

Over 48 lakh households have senior citizens, who on account of their age are at highest risk of death from the disease.

Munish Moudgil, Director of the State COVID War Room, clarified that households could have multiple types of vulnerable people. According to the survey data (which is dated May 26), Kalaburagi and Bengaluru Urban have the highest cases of SARI, ILI with 1,902 households and 1,703 households respectively, although these numbers are likely to rise, as the survey is still incomplete in these districts. 

A BBMP source said that 68% of the survey has been completed in the city, but the data has not been logged yet. The number of SARI/ILI cases is next highest in Shivamogga with 1,217 households, Mysuru with 1,200 and Davangere with 1,178.

The government regards SARI and ILI as indicators of coronavirus and on April 17, had passed an order instructing healthcare workers to test people with these conditions for the coronavirus. Consequently, 51 COVID-19 cases were discovered by testing people with these symptoms.

Belagavi, meantime, has reported the highest incidents of households with comorbid conditions with 12,427 identified so far, followed by Mandya with 9,289, Kalaburagi with 8,311, Shivamogga with 8,140 and Bengaluru Urban with 7,562. Importantly, 3,45,443 vulnerable people have been identified in Bengaluru Urban within 28.26% of data logged in so far.

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July 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 27: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, on completion of one year of his government, today said coronavirus hampered his development plans for the state.

He said the state will not see a lockdown again "at any cost".

"Due to coronavirus we couldn't meet people's expectations but now we'll not have lockdown in Karnataka at any cost. In future we're going to fulfill whatever I announced in Budget. If necessary we'll take loans and complete all development work," said Yediyurappa.

"Covid has hampered development plans of Karnataka, lot more needs to be done, i'm committed to providing an able, stable government," he said.

Arrangements were made for virtual celebrations to mark the one-year anniversary of Yediyurappa government at Banquet Hall in Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. Social distancing was maintained at the event.

A record 5,199 new COVID-19 cases and 82 deaths were reported from Karnataka on Sunday, the state's health department said.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the state stands at 96,141, including 58,417 active cases and 35,838 recoveries.

So far, 1,878 deaths have been reported from Karnataka. Karnataka is the only state to have over 50,000 active cases with overall tally below 1 lakh.

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