In response to the reports on fire incidents in CNG buses in Delhi, EPCA had constituted an expert committee on May 2, 2006 to investigate the problem. This report has analysed the root cause of bus fire incidents, identified the manufacturing deficiencies and defects pertaining to the engine and sub-system design/ electric installations and electric wiring/gas piping and joints etc.
This report is in addition to EPCA report no 15 on Assessment and prevention of gas leakage from CNG buses (July 2005). It takes into account the affidavit on behalf of the Transport Department GNCT of Delhi, October 2005 and Delhi Transport Corporation, October 2005. In addition, it reviews the recently reported incidents of CNG bus fires to examine the weaknesses and problems.
This paper will review the role of I/M in a comprehensive motor vehicle pollution control strategy, summarise the international experience with a good I/M programme, review and critique the current pollution under control (PUC)
Judicial activism in the Supreme Court has created major reforms in the protection of human rights and has put the court in a unique position to intervene when it sees violations of these fundamental rights.
This report examines new problems that have croppped up as a result of the unprecedented expansion in the scale of the CNG programme in Delhi. It pays special attention to inspection and safety norms, and includes various compliance procedures, institutional changes and training requirements to mitigate current and future safety problems. This report evaluates how Delhi, which has the world's largest CNG city bus fleet with 7,100 buses, is meeting the challenge of large-scale deployment of a new technology.
Diesel-run vehicle owners seemed to be losing interest in converting engines into CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), which poses a major setback for some 138 conversion workshops in the country.
The Tk 2,000 crore industry is now running under-utilised with eventual threat of becoming sick. The petrol-run vehicle owners, however, still find converting engines to CNG cost effective.
