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HPCL's ambitious ₹1,400-crore project on managing crop residue still a non-starter
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
|June 23, 2025
The ambitious central project to set up a Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) bio-refinery, a first-of-its-kind project in India, to tackle the problem of paddy stubble burning in Punjab, has lost its sheen.
BATHINDA: The Bathinda administration has not included the ₹1,400-crore plant set up at Naseebpura village in the district for the current kharif season's stubble management plan, as the project is still far from commencing operations for utilising paddy straw for the production of ethanol for blending with petrol.
According to information, the HPCL plant started sourcing paddy stubble in 2023 and in the last two kharif seasons, it collected approximately 1.25 lakh tonnes of residue, but it remains a non-starter.
This story is from the June 23, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Chandigarh.
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