Rohtak, Nov. 11 -- In a step towards promoting clean and affordable fuel in rural Haryana, Rohtak district's first community biogas plant has been set up at a gaushala in Kharawar village of Rohtak with 80 households receiving gas connections in the first phase.

Developed under the government's Swachh Bharat Mission initiative through the Zila Parishad, the plant is expected to provide cooking gas to economically weaker households at rates considerably lower than LPG. Under this project a pipeline network stretching around 2.5 km has been laid to supply biogas from the gaushala to households in the village.

The project, initiated nearly three years ago, faced several hurdles and controversies but has now reached the implementation stage...