Mangaluru ISRPL gets 2 million barrel crude oil from Abu Dhabi
Mangaluru, May 21: The Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL), one of the emergency fuel store houses in the country, got two million barrel crude oil from Abu Dhabi national Petrol Company on Monday. With this, the ISRPL, near MRPL of Mangaluru, commissioned its service on Monday. This fuel could be used for ten days during emergency.
Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Sanjay Sudhir, who inaugurated the occasion, said that among three ISPRL centres in the country, Mangaluru centre has the capacity of 1.5 million metric tons. However, Paduru centre has the capacity of 2.5 million metric tons and Visakhapatnam centre has the capacity of 1.33 million metric ton fuel storage. Shortly, some more crude oil would be filled in the centre. In the same way, Paduru underground fuel storage centre would also get the fuel in a phased manner, he said.
As per the agreement made between India and Abu Dhabi during the visit of the UAE delegates for Republic Day celebrations, the crude oil was imported as the first phase, for which he would thank the UAE government, Sanjay said.
National Oil Company Market, Distribution and Industry director Abdullah Salim Ul Dhaheri said that his country and the company would be looking forward to work with India. With this agreement, his company would distribute 10 percent of the total production in India, he said.
MRPL managing director H Kumar, ISPRL CEO and managing director HPS Ahuja, NRI businessman BR Shetty and others were present.
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Bihar govt to constitute 100 fast-track courts to expedite disposal of criminal cases: Home min
Patna (PTI): Bihar Home Minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday announced that the state government will establish 100 fast-track courts (FTCs) to ensure the swift disposal of pending cases.
He said that the move also aims to ease the burden on regular courts for them to accord due attention to sensitive cases.
Choudhary said the decision in this regard has been made considering that over 18 lakh cases are pending before different courts in the state.
The constitution of FTCs will "bring in a big relief" to the judicial system and litigants, he said.
"To operationalise 100 FTCs across 38 districts and sub-divisions, the government will undertake large-scale recruitment," the home minister asserted in a statement.
He said that a total of 900 posts, including those of bench clerks, office clerks, stenographers, deposition writers, data entry operators, drivers, process servers and peons, will be filled.
Choudhary also announced that 79 courts will be designated as 'act courts' to fast-track cases related to the Arms Act. Swift resolution of such serious cases, he said, will strengthen law and order in the state.
The minister said that Patna alone will get eight fast-track courts, while four courts each will be set up in Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur. Three FTCs each are planned for Nalanda (Bihar Sharif), Rohtas (Sasaram), Saran (Chhapra), Begusarai, Vaishali (Hajipur), East Champaran (Motihari), Samastipur and Madhubani.
Similarly, two courts each will be established in West Champaran (Bettiah), Saharsa, Purnea, Munger, Nawada, Jehanabad, Arwal, Aurangabad, Kaimur (Bhabhua), Buxar, Bhojpur (Arrah), Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Supaul, Madhepura, Araria, Kishanganj, Katihar, Banka, Jamui, Sheikhpura, Lakhisarai and Khagaria. One FTC each is also proposed for the sub-divisional courts of Naugachia and Bagaha.
