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New Delhi , May 7

AFTER an encouraging response to the first phase of the bio-diesel extraction project, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is looking to tie-up with a number of players for the second phase. It is in talks with companies such as Tata Motors and Indian Oil to take its project to the next stage.

``We are talking to Tata Motors for testing its vehicles on bio-diesel developed from the Jatropha plant. Besides, we are in touch with Indian Oil for studying our new alternative to diesel,'' said CSIR Director General, Dr R. A. Mashelkar, at a press conference.

Two Mercedes Benz cars, which were successfully test driven on bio-diesel for more than 5,000 km, were display here today.

Last year, the CSIR along with the University of Hohenheim (Germany) and Daimler Chrysler, had initiated a study on the sustainability of bio-diesel, derived from Jatropha oil, as an automotive fuel.

``We have developed a Euro-III compliant bio-diesel from Jatropha. We have made only very minute changes in the car to use this fuel,'' said Daimler Chrysler Director (Corporate Affairs and Finance) Suhas Kadlaskar.

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