Tuesday, September 11, 2018
- Chandigarh September 11: With a view to address the problem of air pollution due to burning of agriculture residue and ensure additional income to farmers, the Haryana Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Limited for the setting up of 100 kilo liter per day capacity Ethanol Plant at village Bohli in district Panipat.
- This was informed by Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal in the ongoing session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today.
- He said that as per the MOU, the agriculture residue of 50 kilometer area would be collected for producing Ethanol. This Ethanol would be utilized by mixing it in petroleum through the IOC. In return, the farmer would get mutually agreed prices for their agriculture residue.