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After getting appreciation from the Government, Media (Specially - DD Bangala), Times of India and other Bangoli newspapers. The Telegraph has published wonderful article on Airbridge Greens. We really thankful to Dalia Mukherjee who has written amazing article on Airbridge Greens and she has taken part to the Green Revolution. Please click on this URL to get detailed news.

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Dear All, After achieving success by launching Biodiesel Manufacturing Plant on February 7th, 2009 by Airbridge Greens. The Times of India has presented an article on Biodiesel Plant Boosts Green Hope. Please click on this link to get detailed news. http://albums.phanfare.com/7662336/3472615#imageID=61455103

There is a huge problem of diesel supply for running pumps, small gensets and vehicles in remote areas. Production of bio-diesel from fruits of jatropha curcas, neem or mahua is the answer for hill areas, especially jatropha. It is a versatile plant that can be grown in dry, degraded land, with little labour and without any irrigation in the North-east situation and, most significantly, could bear fruit even within a year or two with good organic mixing and cultural practices as against the usual three-four years growth period. Under the guidance of Dr Shankar Mukherjee, an eminent agricultural scientist, growers in the villages of Howrah in West Bengal have reaped the jatropha advantage in such a short period which is being used as feed stock by Air Bridge Greens at its 30 KL bio-diesel plant at Domjur in Howrah. The enthusiasm of Tapas Porel, the young owner of this enterprise for bio-diesel, is infectious. It is possible to produce it at Rs 26 a litre and even with taxes could be cheaper than petrol or diesel. It would create jobs at the village level for processing and allied activities for transporting it to the plant, productively use dry and degraded land unfit for seasonal crops, enrich soil, clear the air by carbon sequestration and thereby clean and green the countryside. Bio-diesel produced at this plant from jatropha, neem and mahua is as good as petrol or diesel and it is a delight to see that the refining plant was designed, fabricated and installed by a local engineer and only one component, the catalyst, had to be imported from Japan. The byproducts of jatropha bio-diesel, like glycerine, command a good demand and oilcakes are good bio-fertilisers. It seems that there is huge scope for planting jatropha on land affected by ever reducing jhum cycles to give villagers a permanent bio-asset and a base for rural industrialisation, energy security, non-farm employment. To achieve this, a village cluster approach is suggested for setting up a viable plant backed up by extensive plantation. Together, the gharat and the bio-diesel have the potential to bring about a “very different sustainable green revolution” in the North-eastern hills, opening up huge opportunities for much value addition and industrial activities, as in rural China. This is the sustainable way to energy security and not by high dams and hydel projects. (The author, a former Assam, Meghalaya cadre IAS officer, is presently a Scientific Consultant in the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI.) For more information about online article please log on to: http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=14&theme=&usrsess=1&id=240677