Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is keen on reviving the ₹3.5 lakh crore oil refinery project at Nanar in the Konkan region, which the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had opposed. The Shinde-Fadnavis government does not want the project to go out of the state, and is looking to set it up at Nanar itself. The issue was discussed in the cabinet sub-committee for industries on Thursday.
Officials present at the meeting revealed to Hindustan Times that deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis insisted that the state government set up the oil refinery project in the Konkan region, and as far as possible at Nanar, which, he opined, was the best place for the project.
After losing the ₹1.54 lakh crore Foxconn-Vedanta semiconductor project to Gujarat, the Shinde-Fadnavis government is firm about pushing for the oil refinery project. The refinery was proposed to be built with investment from Saudi Aramco, the state-owned company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
