Vishwaraj Sugar Industries to invest Rs 250 cr in new ethanol plant in Karnataka

Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd (VSIL) will invest Rs 250 crore to set up a new ethanol plant in Karnataka. At present, VSIL has a sugarcane crushing capacity of 11,000 tonnes per day, distillery capacity of 1 lakh litres per day, co-generation capacity of 36.4 MW, and vinegar manufacturing capacity of 70,000 litres per day.In a statement, VSIL announced plans to set up a greenfield ethanol production facility, having a capacity of 2.5 lakh litres per day, within 80 km from the existing factory in the Belagavi district.

The company said it has already acquired 110 acres land for this plant.

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