Gorakhpur, April 6 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday inaugurated a grain-based distillery plant worth Rs 1,200 crore under the super mega project at the Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA).

Addressing the event, Chief Minister Adityanath said, this is not just a Distillery, but an ethanol plant and will produce 350,000 litres of ethanol daily in first phase, with plans to increase production to 500,000 litres later on.

"This is not just a Distillery, but an ethanol plant. Ethanol is being brought to use to fuel not just cars, but also aeroplanes. Replacing diesel and petrol with ethanol will save foreign expenditure and also benefit the farmers. In the first phase, 3.50 lakh litres of ethanol will b...