The Times of India 22.08.2012
Pune Municipal Corporation to facilitate setting up of CNG refilling stations
PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will facilitate the setting up of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) refilling stations in the city, municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak said on Tuesday.The issue came up for discussion in the General Body (GB) meeting on Tuesday.
Pathak said that the PMC will co-operate with the Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MGNL) to start the new refilling stations."The PMC has amenity spaces, vehicle and garbage depots. We could provide this land for setting up the stations and the proposal for the same will be tabled before the GB.
The PMC will also
ask the MGNL to contact private land owners for setting up refilling
centres" said Pathak.Pathak said that the MGNL could also supply cylinders at existing petrol pumps in the city and continue with offline supply.According to the latest statistics available with the Regional
Transport Office (RTO), around 45,000 rickshaws operate in the city, of
which 17,787 - 39% - run on CNG while another 8,134 run on liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG). This makes for 57% of the city's rickshaws running
on environment-friendly fuel. CNG kits have also been fitted in 4,392
light motor vehicles (cars) in the city.
