In what comes as a major respite to scores of Delhiites whose cars run on CNG, the Capital will soon have 50 more CNG filling
stations. Also, the existing and new filling stations will sport a new look before the Commonwealth Games with Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the sole CNG supplier in the city, going for an image makeover as it completes 10 years in the city on Tuesday.
Alternative fuels employed in road transport: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Methanol and Blended/ Ethanol and Electricity.
Sindh Minister for Transport Akhtar Hussain Jadoon has said that the government will launch the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Transport Programme, which envisages bringing on roads 1,000 CNG-fuelled buses to provide better and economical transport facility to people.
Bus makers and transport companies in an unformed market The city bus wants to change, it wants to keep step with the times. The question is: can the business reinvent itself and make city buses that are convenient and affordable? Till now, buses in India have been trucks, literally. Taking the chassis designed for heavy-duty trucks, bus builders
A range of financial options to choose from City buses need to be affordable as well as comfortable and efficient. It is well known that bus operations would cost anywhere between Rs 20 per km and Rs 50 per km, depending on the cost of the bus and its operating cost (particularly fuel efficiency and staff). Who will pay this cost? In Delhi, for instance, a two-km trip costs Rs 3, and
