New Delhi /AMN
In another bid to make Indian cities free from pollution government of India today launched pilot programme to run two wheeler on Compressed Natural Gas, CNG.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar launched pilot programme in New Delhi.
Welcoming the initiative, Mr Pradhan said that government is actively striving to promote clean fuel in the country. He said government is promoting the use of gas and fulfilling the COP-21 commitments to curb pollution. Mr Pradhan said, gas share in the country’s fuel basket is just 7 percent compared to world average of around 24 percent.
The Minister also said he has already written to Delhi Government to make Bawana power plant fully operational on LNG so that cheaper and clean power is made available to residents of Delhi.
Speaking on the occasion, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said government is fully committed to control pollution in the country. He said, there will be a jump from Euro-IV type fuel to Euro-VI by 2020. He said Environment Ministry will fully support the endeavours to promote clean fuel, including Gas.
Pilot programme, being implemented by Indraprastha Gas Limited, involves 50 CNG retrofitted two wheelers. Of these, the first batch of ten CNG retrofitted two wheelers were flagged off today.