Adequate Ethanol Only After 3-4 Months

Sugar industry is likely to reach the required ethanol production capacity to meet the demand for the product as a blending component with petrol only after three months.

Industry sources said the 5 per cent mandatory blending of ethenol with petrol created demand for 360 million litres. Supply was short of this at the moment.

Sources added the industry was in the process of setting up distilleries required for conversion of alcohol to ethanol through water extraction.