MUMBAI: Opposition from farmers has prompted Maharashtra to move the location for what would be the country’s biggest oil refinery, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.
Stare-run oil companies and Saudi Aramco have teamed up to build the $44 billion refinery, which is aimed at giving India steady fuel supplies while meeting Saudi Arabia’s need to secure regular buyers for its oil.
But thousands of farmers are refusing to surrender land, fearing it could damage a region famed for its Alphonso mangoes, vast cashew plantations and fishing hamlets that boast bountiful catches of seafood.
