Ratnagiri Refinery Could be on the Move Again
3/11/2021
The large $44 billion Ratnagiri Refinery project under planning in India has once again been discussed as a candidate for moving its potential location, this time away from the Nanar village in the Ratnagiri district. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray stated definitively on March 10th that this project would not be placed in the Ratnagiri district, and that an alternative site has already been chose, with consent given by the local people. That site location has not been made public at this writing. This stance from Mr. Thackeray comes days after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray requested that the project not be shifted out of Nanar. This project has been under
