BCPL executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata to set up a logistics chain for the movement of cargo from the Haldia Dock Complex to BCPL’s petrochemical complex in Dibrugarh. The port will provide a place for setting up tank warehouses for storage of imported raw materials, raw materials, etc. under the jurisdiction of the port and a well-organized logistics chain for the movement of raw materials, raw materials, etc. required for the BCPL plant at Dibrugarh.

The agreement was signed by Pranjal Changmai, GM Operation Incharge, BCPL, and Abhay Kumar Mohapatra, GM (Traffic), HDC/SMPR on behalf of SMPK Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister, Ministry of AYUSH & Ports, Ministry of Shipping & Waterways and Shantanu Thakur, Union Prime Minister, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Haldia Dock Complex, SMPK.

Reap Hazarika, Managing Director of BCPL, Surjit Niyog, DGM, BCPL and other dignitaries of SMPK were also present on the occasion. Sarbananda Sonowal also flagged the maiden voyage of a steel-loaded barge scheduled for Pandu via the India-Bangladesh Protocol route.

In the future, it is envisaged to extend the inland waterway connection to Bogibeel which will increase trade and commerce in Dibrugarh as well as in the entire northeast. Mr. Sonowal is trying to implement infrastructure connectivity projects through his ministry as part of Prime Minister Gati Shakti, the national master plan for multimodal connectivity launched by the Honorable Prime Minister. He is concerned with developing the state and NER with such initiatives.

The agreement will open new investment avenues for BCPL as well as long-term stability and create opportunities in the industrial sector in and around Dibrugarh district.