Muzaffarnagar will soon get 5 more ethanol distilleries

An addition of 5 ethanol distilleries will be established as the district authorities are in the process of issuing licenses for the units. With an investment of Rs500 crore, this plan is said to increase employment opportunities as well as revenue.

Muzaffarnagar: Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar will soon have five more ethanol distilleries, with district authorities issuing licences to four such units and sanctions pending for another.

With this, Muzaffarnagar will have eight ethanol distilleries.

The district already has three ethanol distilleries that produced 6.73 crores litres of ethanol in 2020-21. They have a capacity to produce 10.97 crore litres of ethanol in a year, according to officials.

District Excise Officer Uday Prakash Singh said his department has issued licences to four new ethanol distilleries. The licence for another such unit is awaiting sanction.

Five industrialists had applied for licences. They will invest Rs 500 crore and help generate employment opportunities and revenue, he said.

PTI