Transport minister opts for biofuel to bring socio economic change

New Delhi, (KNN) Minister of Road, Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari said that Bio-fuels can be socio-economic change agents as it will address crucial issues in agriculture and economic sectors.

“Higher use of biofuels will directly help reduce petrol and diesel imports which are at about Rs 6 lakh crores,” he said in session “Biofuels in Road Transport” at the Bio-Fuels Roundtable-2015, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry here on Wednesday.

He emphasised the initiatives taken up by the transport ministry to bring in biofuels in the public transport system.

The government is exploring options of moving the Apex court in the country to seek a redressal from the recent Green tribunal order to ease out 10 year old diesel fuelled vehicles from the capital city, he said.

“There is an opportunity to convert existing buses to run on electric power or biofuels. Now is the time for us to convert our transport particularly in metros to biofuels or electric which will result in huge savings of fuels and give a good internal rate of return,” he said.

Gadkari stressed on technology innovation in biofuels which can help in creating employment.

“Conversion of biomass and biowaste to pellets can be a good option for gas and can give employment. One of the projects which has been implemented in Nagpur entails using cotton stalk and segregating municipal waste for making pellets. Today, we have 12 factories employing 15000 youth which are making the pellets,” he said.

The minister also informed that government is forming a joint venture company to make biogas from sewage water and run buses on bio cng which will result in huge savings of fuels. (KNN/ST)

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