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BPCL ELECTRIFIES MORE THAN 5,000 KILOMETERS HIGHWAY charging stations’, said Pushp Kumar Nayar, Head Retail South at
STRETCHES IN KERALA, KARNATAKA AND TAMIL NADU the launch.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ and These corridors will connect important religious and tourist
a Fortune Global 500 Company, today announced the launch of destinations with cities, like Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh & INFRASTRUCTURE
19 EV Fast-Charging stations at 110 fuel stations along 15 highways Bandipur National Park in Karnataka; Ranaganthaswamy Temple,
in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Jambukeswar Temple. The famous religious places covered
The company has launched 3 corridors with 19 fuel stations in Kerala are Guruvayoor temple and Kadampuzha temple,
in Kerala, 6 Corridors with 33 fuel stations in Karnataka and 10 Vallarpadam National shrine of Basilica, St.Antony’s Church, Koratty
corridors with 58 fuel stations in Tamil Nadu. and Markaz Knowledge City & Early Sunrise watch at Kanyakumari
in Tamil Nadu and Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, and
The 19 Highway Corridors are: many more.
Bangalore -Mysore - Bandipur - 230 Kms So far, BPCL has converted 21 Highways into electric corridors and
Davanagere-Haveri-Belgaum - 248 Kms going forward, by March 2023, 200 highways will be covered with
Bellari-Koppal-Gadag-Hubbali-Karwar - 385 Kms Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers to support and accelerate the EV
Bangalore-Davanagere - 264 Kms growth in the country.
Bangalore-Bagepalli-Anantpur - 224 Kms These Fast EV Charging Corridors were inaugurated by P.S. Ravi,
Bangalore - Tirupathi - 247 Kms Executive Director Incharge (Retail) in presence of Pushp Kumar
Chennai Pondichery - Velankanni - 310 Kms Nayar, Head Retail South, Kannabiran D., State Head (Retail)
Coimbatore - Karur -149 Kms Kerala, Subhankar Sen, Chief General Manager (Retail Initiative &
Trichy - Thanjavur - Nagapattinam -145 Kms Brand) at the launch event in Ernakulam, Kerala.
Hosur - Salem-Karur-Madurai -Tirunelveli- Kanyakumari - 641 Kms Speaking at the launch, P.S. Ravi, Executive Director Incharge
Madurai-Rajapalayam-Shencottah -163 Kms (Retail), BPCL said ‘The fast chargers are easy to use. They can be
Madurai-Rameshwaram -196 Kms self-operated without any manual assistance, though support staff
Salem - Ulundurrpet -139 Kms will be available if needed. BPCL has digitized the entire EV charger
Theni-Madurai-Thondi -186 Kms locator, charger operations and transaction process through the
Tuticorin-Madurai -167 Kms HelloBPCL app for an online hassle free and transparent user
Coimbatore - Salem -167 Kms experience.’
Ernakulam-Kozhikode - Kannur-Kasargod -362 Kms Several of BPCL’s highway fuel stations also offer hygienic food
Kozhikode - Waynad -86 Kms through its strategic alliances with leading brands such as
Ernakulam-Trissur-Palakkad -150 Kms McDonald’s, A2B, Cube Stop, Café Coffee Day and other local
‘It takes just 30 minutes to charge an EV, giving the driving range outlets. Bharat Petroleum has also rolled out its chain of In & Out
of upto 125 kilometers at our Fuel Stations, therefore we have convenience stores at key fuel stations on highways for added
maintained the distance within 100 kilometers between the two convenience to its customers.

NITIN GADKARI INAUGURATES, LAYS FOUNDATION STONE of `1,876 crore, thus reducing traffic burden on the Steel City.
FOR NINE PROJECTS IN JAMSHEDPUR As part of a Bharatmala package, a four-lane access control
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari recently inaugurated and laid road will be constructed on Raipur-Dhanbad Economic Corridor
foundation stones for nine projects in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur, of NH-320, the NHAI official said.“After completion of the project,
which entailed an estimated investment of `3,378 crore. The road Raipur will be commercially connected to Dhanbad and travel
transport and highways minister is scheduled to launch 31 projects time between Ranchi and Bokaro will reduce drastically, leading to
in all, during the day, worth `13,296 crore. social and industrial development of both the states,” the official
Of these, 21 pertain to state capital Ranchi, incurring an expense added.
of `9,453 crore. Noting that Jharkhand has made significant
contributions to ensure the country’s development, Gadkari said NTPC GREEN ENERGY LTD COMMISSIONS 50 MW OF
the new highway projects will drive growth and progress in the 300 MW NOKHRA SOLAR PV PROJECT
state. A 44-km stretch between Jamshedpur and Mahulta on Consequent upon successful commissioning, fourth part capacity
National Highway-33, constructed at a cost of `465 crore, was of 50 MW out of 300 MW Nokhra Solar PV Project of NTPC Green
among the projects unveiled in the Steel City. Energy Limited (A wholly owned Subsidiary of NTPC Limited) at
A senior National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) official said Bikaner, Rajasthan, is declared on Commercial Operation
that this stretch will provide Delhi-Kolkata and Mumbai-Kolkata w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 01.04.2023. The first part capacity of 100 MW
connectivity via Jamshedpur, significantly reducing travel time has already been declared on commercial operation w.e.f.
between the destinations. 20.12.2022, second part capacity of 50 MW w.e.f. 30.12.2022 and
The project will also drive commercial development in the third part capacity of 50 MW w.e.f. 16.02.2023. The total capacity
Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, he stated. declared on commercial operation of Nokhra Solar PV Project is
Apart from these, Gadkari laid foundation stone for a four-lane now 250 MW. With this, installed and commercial capacity of NTPC
double-decker elevated corridor on NH-33, connecting Kali Mandi, Green Energy Limited has become 2661 MW while group installed
Dimna Chowk and Baliguma in Jamshedpur, at an estimated cost and commercial capacity of NTPC has become 71644 MW.

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