He was speaking after commissioning Maharashtra's first automatic vehicle testing and inspection centre as well as a computerized driving test track at the regional transport office here this morning.
He said that the number of vehicles in India is 18 crore and hence the nation has to pay more to import petroleum products, as compared to ethanol and bio-diesel which cost Rs 52 to Rs 46 per litre.
Ethanol and bio-diesel are being used in buses as well as trains in Nagpur and Haldia, while the government is trying to set up a drainage water processing project in order to produce methane and CNG, he said.