JAIPUR: The Rs 450-crore ethanol mission being developed by a personal firm in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district is prone to wind up operations within the state as soon as procedural formalities for relocating the mission to Madhya Pradesh are accomplished.Work on the mission was halted weeks after violent protests by farmers over concern of the plant damaging soil fertility and growing air pollution. Cleared beneath the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress govt in 2023, the mission hit hassle in Dec 2025 amid allegations that effluents and industrial waste would probably contaminate farmland and groundwater.An organization consultant stated, “Given the circumstances, persevering with work right here is just not possible. We are going to adjust to all procedures required for relocation.”The plant is being developed by Chandigarh-based Dune Ethanol Personal Restricted at Hanumangarh’s Rathi Khera village. Unfold over 40 acres (16.19 hectares), it was scheduled to provide 1,320 KLPD of grain-based ethanol and embrace a 40 MW co-generation energy plant. The corporate deliberate to make use of rice, maize and straw sourced domestically.tnn