On 26 June 2006, The Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai (CTM) petroproduct pipeline of Indian Oil Corpn was formally dedicated to the nation. The 683-km-long pipeline, along with the storage tanks at Tiruchi and Sankari, costs Rs 409 crore.
It can carry 1.8 million tonnes of petrol, diesel and kerosene a year, or the same amount of petroproducts that 500 trucks would carry each day. It would also save IOC Rs 59 crore a year in transportation costs.
The CTM pipeline had to be built across 510 road, railway and waterway intersections and sometimes against challenging weather conditions.
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