The Republic day was celebrated in MRPL in front of MRPL Employees Club at 0900 hrs on 26th January 2018.
CISF Contingent of MRPL performed a Ceremonial Salute to the National Tricolour. Director Finance, CVO, Senior Management Personnel, Employees and their family members in large numbers were present during the occasion.
Shri M Venkatesh, Director Refinery unfurled the national flag. He addressed the audience during the occasion and recalled the construction stage of our refinery under Birlas and HPCL, 25 years ago. In the last few years we have won many accolades and honours especially for energy consumption, he said. In the state of Karnataka MRPL is one of the largest industries and plays a very important role in fulfilling petroleum requirements of the state, he elaborated. Our CSR projects have spread all over Karnataka and we hope to excel in our HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) functions too, he mentioned. We are with our Prime Minister’s dream to transform our nation, he said. A Global study conducted recently has in its report listed us among the cost effective companies, he concluded.