5. Vehicles should switch over to CNG.
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Users are opting for CNG because it is cheaper than petrol or diesel and vehicles give a decent mileage. "More vehicles opted for CNG, a cleaner fuel as compared to petrol and diesel, in the past three years. The availability of CNG has also improved across the city in the last few years," RTO officials said.
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More private cars switching to CNG
In a negligible but encouraging sign, more vehicles in the city are running on compressed natural gas (CNG) now than they were in 2011.
Sarang Dastane | TNNMarch 10, 2014, 09:04 IST
The government decision to double natural gas prices from April next year will translate into a hike of Rs 8.20-Rs 11.72 per kg in CNG rates in cities like Delhi and Mumbai.
PUNE: In a negligible but encouraging sign, more vehicles in the city are running on compressed natural gas (CNG) now than they were in 2011.
Till January 31, 2014, as many as 45,000 vehicles in the city had switched over to CNG. These included 13,961 privately owned cars, about 30,000 autorickshaws and 900 buses of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML). The vehicle population in the city is over 20 lakh.
Statistics sourced from the Regional Transport Office (RTO) stated that 26,415 vehicles had opted for compressed natural gas from 2011 to 2013 including 19,170 autorickshaws and 7,245 private cars. About 3,296 cars opted for CNG in 2013 as against 1,550 cars in 2011 and 2,399 in 2012. The remaining had started to change to the clean fuel after 2009, they added.
Users are opting for CNG because it is cheaper than petrol or diesel and vehicles give a decent mileage. "More vehicles opted for CNG, a cleaner fuel as compared to petrol and diesel, in the past three years. The availability of CNG has also improved across the city in the last few years," RTO officials said.