Chief minister Sheila Dikshit has said that more than 40 CNG stations will be opened in the capital to cut down long queues for the green fuel. The chief minister on Tuesday met the Union petroleum minister Murli Deora, who also said that the supply of the green fuel in Faridabad, Noida and Gurgaon will be streamlined by opening new stations and enhancing capacity of the stations.

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Greater Noida: Two CNG filling stations were opened in Greater Noida on Friday. The CNG stations, set up by Indraprastha Gas Limited are located opposite the Daewoo Motors plant. The stations were opened by IGL chairman-cum-managing director, U D Chaube. An IGL spokesperson said the two stations together have an installed capacity of 66,000 kgs of CNG daily.

Chandigarh: In times of depleting energy resources, the Railways have chosen the greener way with plans afoot to boost bio-diesel.

NEW DELHI: Critically polluted cities in India need a massive transition to public transport running on clean fuel to deal with the challenge of pollution and congestion.

The Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA), the pollution monitoring arm of the Supreme Court of India, has held that critically polluted cities in the country need a massive transition to public transport that run on clean fuel in order to deal with the challenge of pollution and congestion.

In a bid to promote an eco-friendly mode of transport over short distances, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) extended its

New Delhi: Efforts to clean up the air in and around Delhi from vehicular pollution by getting vehicles to switch to CNG (compressed natural gas) have been hampered by the rickety public transport running on diesel.

The rising level of pollution because of the influx of cars in the Capital has also been a cause of concern for Delhi High Court.

Lucknow: Tulsi, known for its medicinal qualities, will now help protect the Taj Mahal from environmental pollution. In an exercise being undertaken by the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and the Lucknow-based Organic India, a million tulsi saplings will be planted near the marble mausoleum.