Pune, September 16 Army hurdle over, natural gas by first week of October
Pune is all set to get piped Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in time for the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG).
With the Army having given clearance for the Dehu Road stretch of the pipeline project, Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) are hopeful that 50 city buses would be able to run on CNG by October, as scheduled.
Bottlenecks In CNG Availability Affect Complete Switchover To Clean Fuel
Neha Shukla | TNN
Lucknow: CNG is on its way to become the most widely used fuel in the city, courtesy air quality management plan of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) which envisages use of better quality fuel to check air pollution. Out of 7,188 public transport vehicles plying on the city roads, 6,166 have already been converted to CNG mode.
DTC directed to initiate negotiations for the purchase
The Cabinet also gave the green signal for re-development of DTC depots and terminals
PWD proposal for construction of a road over-bridge and road under-bridge cleared
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod for purchase of 1,250 low-floor air-conditioned and 1,875 low-floor non-air-conditioned Compressed Natural Gas-run buses for the city.
New Delhi, July 27 The number of vehicles on the Capital's roads has been growing at a fast pace. And now this growth is expected to speed up further. Newsline looks at some figures
* The two decades between 1981 and 2001 have seen a phenomenal increase in the growth of vehicles and traffic in Delhi. The number of motor vehicles has increased from 5.13 lakh in 1981 to 32.38 lakh in 2001. The number of buses in the same period has increased from 8,600 to 41,483
Gurgaon, July 22
Thousands of commuters between Gurgaon, Delhi and the National Capital Region may feel relieved as 23 CNG-operated buses, including seven low-floor air-conditioned ones, will start plying from tomorrow. The step follows the start of two CNG filling stations here.
