CS proposes bio-refinery
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 26 2015 :
Chief Secretary O Nabakishore has proposed the Union Petroleum Ministry to set up a bio-refinery in Manipur for producing bio-ethanol which is a major component of both diesel and petrol.
The Chief Secretary made the proposal during a meeting with some top officials of the Petroleum Ministry at Delhi a few days back, informed an official source.
O Nabakishore pointed that bamboo grows abundantly in Manipur and there is a bamboo stock of 12 million tonnes.
The Ministry officials responded that a bio-refinery would be first set up at Numaligarh Refinery, Assam with Finnish technology with bamboo imported from Manipur on experimental basis.
If the initiative proves successful, another bio-refinery may be set up in Manipur, the officials assured.