IN PICS: "Home to hardworking people," hails PM Narendra Modi's capturing stunning bird's-eye-view of Kochi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi captured beautiful images of the city of Kochi when he was airborne on his way there.

Calling the city 'home to hardworking people', he lauded Kochi for its history, culture and diversity.

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He also posted the photo of the  Kochi Refinery where he laid the foundation stone for a petrochemical complex.

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PM Modi kicked off his South India campaign for BJP on Sunday. His first stop was Madurai in Tamil Nadu, close to where he laid the foundation stone for AIIMS.

His second stop was Kochi in Kerala.  He dedicated to the nation an integrated refinery expansion complex of the public sector Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited at the Kochi Refinery. He also laid the foundation stone for a petrochemical complex at the refinery and a skill development institute at Ettumanoor besides inaugurating a mounded storage vessel at the LPG bottling plant of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited here.

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How the petrochemical complex will help the refinery:

The integrated refinery is a modern expansion complex and would transform the Kochi Refinery as the largest PSU refinery in the country with world class standards.

It is equipped for production of cleaner fuels.

It will double the production of LPG and diesel and commence production of feedstock for petrochemical projects in the plant.

Mounded Storage Vessel, IOCL LPG Bottling Plant, inaugurated by Modi has a total storage capacity of 4350 MT.

Storage capacity at the plant was enhanced to meet the LPG requirement of nearly six days bottling capacity of the plant.

It is considered the safest storage vessel ensuring highest level of safety for plant and adjacent areas.

LPG receipt through pipeline will bring down movement of LPG tankers on roads.

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(With PTI inputs)