The Indian Railways (IR) plans to set up a 20,000 litre per day bio-diesel
plant at Yelahanka, near Bangalore, which may become functional by June 2010.
The IR had proposed three bio-diesel plants of capacity 20,000 litres per day
at three centres, for blending diesel with biofuel. It was looking at Karnataka,
apart from Gujarat, where entrepreneurs could set up the biofuel plants with
financial backing from the Railways.
As part of its expansion plan, Emami is also likely to invest around Rs 300
crore in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The company is scouting for land for setting
up a plant with capacities of 1,500 litres of edible oil and 300 litres of
bio-diesel per day, partially with imported seeds.
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