taking a cue from Delhi, Hyderabad is promoting Compressed Natural Gas (cng) in a big way. The Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu recently announced plans to convert state-run Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (apsrtc) buses to cng in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Vishakhapatnam.

Mooted at a city-level meeting, three agencies are involved in the conversion plan. They are the Municipal Commissioner's office, which is working in close association with usaid, to