<span style="color: #222222;">In Bihar country's first ethanol plant was inaugurated in Purnea district yesterday. On this occasion Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said ethanol production would help reduce the cost of petrol and generate fresh employment opportunities in the state.<br />'' <br />'' The rupees 105 crore plant set up by a private investor is the first one developed since the Union government approved the Bihar government's ethanol production and promotion policy -2021.<br />'' <br />''The ethanol plant set up with the latest technology using zero waste discharge, has been built in 15 acres. It would buy 130 tonnes of rice husk and 150 tonnes of maize or rice from farmers every day. It is country's first grain-based ethanol plant.</span>