Deepak Fertilisers Ups Dahej Project Cost After Viability Study

Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd. has raised the estimated cost of setting up three nitric acid plants at Dahej, Gujarat, by ₹327.9 million to ₹19.83 billion, following a techno-economic viability study, the company said in an exchange filing on Tuesday.

The project includes a 300,000-tonne-per-annum weak nitric acid plant and two concentrated nitric acid units with a combined capacity of 150,000 tonnes per annum. The original outlay for the project was ₹19.50 billion.