Indian Oil Corporation has set a record for building the world's highest altitude bulk oil depot and LPG bottling plant at 11,500 feet above sea level and deserves a place in the Guiness Book of World Records, feels petroleum minister Ram Naik. Dedicating the two facilities to the nation Wednesday evening, Naik said IOC should approach the Guines Book of World Records for an entry. I have asked IOC chairman M A Pathan to do the needful immediately after returning to Delhi.
After the destruction of its oil depot in Kargil, that maintained supply of petroleum products in the mountainous terrain of Ladakh, during the war with Pakistan in 1999, IOC built the 4200 kilolitre depot in Leh at a cost of Rs 12.25 crore.
Bureau Report