Karnataka to drop biodiesel bus program until biodiesel supplies can be secured

In India, the Times of India reports the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has decided to not buy anymore biodiesel buses after it failed to secure the fuel supplies required to run the buses it already purchased. Its biodiesel buses are currently running purely on diesel fuel, but if it were able to secure biodiesel at the right price with a long contract period then it could potentially look to restart its biodiesel bus purchasing program. Advait Bio Fuel won the first supply tender but wasn’t able to keep up with the contract terms. The KSRTC says it is willing to purchase biodiesel at the same price as diesel rather than at a discount which kept other potential suppliers from offering in the previous tender.