New Delhi:Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Ltd (BCGCL), the joint venture of Coal India Ltd (CIL) and BHEL, has started ground construction activities for its Rs 25,000 crore coal gasification project in Odisha, with most of the tenders awarded, its Managing Director Peeyush Kumar said on Thursday. The development assumes significance in the wake of the country's push to build 100 million tonne of coal gasification capacity by 2030 under the National Coal Gasification Mission, aimed at converting coal into chemicals and bringing down the import dependence on products such as LNG, urea, ammonia and methanol. BCGCL--a joint venture in which CIL holds the majority 51 per cent stake and BHEL the remaining 49 per cent--has been established to develop a state-of-the-art coal-to-ammonium nitrate project.