Bhubaneswar, March 25 -- Expressing concern over the need to strengthen India's energy security amid global instability and the ongoing Middle East conflict, union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged the swift completion and operationalization of the 4 million metric ton (MMT) Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) project at Chandikhol in Odisha's Jajpur district.
In separate letters to Hardeep Singh Puri and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Pradhan emphasized the project's strategic importance and requested urgent action.
He noted that under the visionary leadership of Narendra Modi, the union Cabinet had approved the Chandikhole SPR project on June 27, 2018.
However, Pradhan expressed regret that implementation stalled...