The Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. expansion project has received approval from the Assam cabinet for an investment of Rs 823 crore.

As part of the Rs 28,026 crore project, the Numaligarh Refinery will increase its capacity from 3 million metric tonnes (mmt) to 9 mmt and lay crude and product pipelines of 1,398 km and 605 km, respectively, from Numaligarh to Siliguri in West Bengal and Paradip in Odisha.

The state government will get additional equity in the company against this investment, and release Rs 205.73 crore in the first tranche, state minister Jayanta Malla Baruah told reporters.

The cabinet also decided to amend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Assam Rules 2022 to incorporate 'Regulation for Idol Immersion', he said.

The key feature of it will be the identification of permanent immersion ghats along river banks, he added.