Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) [India], March 30 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister of Tourism and Environment Aaditya Thackeray visited the Nanar Refinery on Wednesday and said that Maharashtra Chief Minister has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting alternate sites for the Nanar project.

Mumbai Mar 30 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposing to move the multi-billion dollar refinery project planned in Ratnagiri to another site in the coastal district a senior official in the CMs office said on Wednesday The project was earlier proposed to be built at Nanar in Ratnagiri district but has got stalled due to opposition from local organisations and the ruling Shiv Sena in the state The CM wrote a letter to the prime minister in January regarding shifting of the refinery project to another site the official said The nearly USD 60 billion project is to be jointly constructed by Saudi Aramco and the UAEs Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC A nuclear power plant of over 9000 MW is also scheduled to come up at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri On Tuesday during his visit to Ratnagiri state Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray had said the refinery project planned in the Konkan region will come up only after locals are consulted and their consent is obtained Speaking to people in Ratnagiri he had also said the project will not be built at Nanar its original proposed site The Shiv Sena headed by CM Uddhav Thackeray has been opposed to the refinery project in Ratnagiri district on the ground that locals are against it Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan had reportedly stated on Sunday that there was hope of revival of the project as the Maharashtra government seemed to be changing its mind about it PTI PR GK GK

Mumbai Mar 28 PTI The proposed Rs 3 lakh crore refinery and petrochemicals complex project that has got stalled at Nanar in Maharashtras Ratnagiri district should be developed on a site where the local people are not opposed to it state Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Monday Thackeray made the remarks while interacting with media persons in Sindhudurg The 60 million metric tonnes-per annum RPC project which was to come up in Nanar in Ratnagiri district is stalled due to opposition from local organisations and other reasons and the previous Devendra Fadnavis government had decided to choose an alternate site in March 2019 Thackeray was replying to a query on Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reportedly stating on Sunday that there was hope for revival of the RPC project as the current Maharashtra government seems to be changing its mind about it The issue of shifting the project is thereThe project should be developed on an alternate site where the local people are not opposed to it by taking the people along and after holding discussion with them The next steps will be taken keeping in mind how the sons-of-the-soil will get justice Thackeray said He said people will be taken into confidence for such projects by the state government and work will go ahead only after all issues are sorted out Meanwhile Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut told a news channel in Sindhudurg that Union minister Pradhan may have made the comment on project revival to create confusions in the minds of the people The Maharashtra government is insisting on developing the project in Maharashtra itself But the project will not be implemented in Nanar if the people are opposed to it Raut said PTI ENM BNM BNM BNM