State’s first bio-diesel pump to come up at Pimpri-Chinchwad

Verma,who also runs a similar business in the United Kingdom,while addressing the media in the city,said that the bio-diesel plant would be set up at an investment of Rs 250 crore.

“India spends Rs 92,000 crore on diesel subsidy every year,which is a great loss to the exchequer. With the country being a signatory of the green fuel treaty,by next few years around 20 per cent of the diesel usage will be replaced by bio-diesel,” he said.

States like West Bengal and Karnataka already have such set ups,but this would be the first time that such a pump would be used for domestic consumption. “We are trying to tie up with public transport bodies for its use. Later on,we will target other vehilces,” he said.