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Govt working on policy for ethanol pumps, says Union minister Gadkari

Says he will meet with petroleum minister in next 15 days to discuss this

Nitin Gadkari
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Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari

Dhruvaksh Saha New Delhi
Amid concerns that the government’s push for green fuels is incomplete without accessible infrastructure, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that the Centre was working on a policy to establish ethanol pumps in the country.
 
Gadkari said he would meet Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri in the next 15 days to discuss the formulation of the policy.
 
“In Pune, we have three (ethanol) pumps but now the problem is that we need to have scooters and auto rickshaws available on flex-fuel engines and we need to coordinate them,” the minister said, underlining the need for