Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya clarified that the Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL) fertilizer plant in Assam’s Namrup will not be shut down.
BVFCL Fertilizer Plant Will Be Modified: Mansukh Mandaviya
The Union Minister stated that the Namrup fertilizer plant will be modified and a nano urea plant will be set up there.
He further said that he spoke with Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma regarding the issue.
“I had a meeting with Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and also talked to Himanta Biswa Sarma. I want to make it clear that the BVFCL fertilizer plant will not be closed in Assam,“ Mansukh Mandaviya said.
“It will be modernized and a nano urea plant will also be set up there so that the people of this area get employment opportunity. The urea and nano urea produced from there will also be useful for the farmers of Assam, Northeast and West Bengal to increase their crop production,” he added.