CM's biodiesel dream hits roadblock

Kamran Sulaimani

'IOC officials say the government policy wanted them to sell
biodiesel at Rs 25 per litre but that was not economically feasible
for them. ``The new government policy said that the biodiesel should
be supplied at Rs 25 per litre. But this was not possible,'' said
IOC Deputy General Manager-Conusmer Sales, M R Advani.

GOCL officials say IOC did not buy Jatropha oil from them even
though a contract to the effect was very much in place. ``Tenders
were issued by the company for biodiesel at Rs 54 per litre — for
four buses. But they did not buy the Jatropha oil from us,'' said
GOCL Chairman S D Pathak from Mumbai. '

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