CNG News: December 15, 2009

Indraprastha Gas exposes gas vehicles benefits

Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), the New Delhi city’s sole supplier of compressed natural gas (CNG), has been invited to a parallel show of the summit on global warming which took place in Copenhagen to tell the world how natural gas can play a role in mitigating climate change by reducing vehicle emission. IGL managing director Rajesh Vedvyas said the company has been invited by the International Gas Union (IGU) to a conference that is being conducted on the sidelines of the climate change summit to promote use of gas as green fuel. According to the executive, it is a recognition of the good work done by IGL and credit goes to the people, institutions and promoters who have supported it in improving air quality in the city. IGL was set up under the Supreme Court’s directive and has been credited with helping reduce vehicle pollution levels. The number of private cars running on CNG in Delhi has risen 43% year-on-year, even as more than 3.700 such automobiles continue to be added to the clean-fuel transport fleet. IGL fuels nearly 300.000 vehicles, both public and private, that run in Delhi and its satellite towns. A survey commissioned by IGL found 175.313 private CNG cars against 122.485 in March last year. The survey, conducted in April-May period, sees number of private vehicles running on CNG exceeding 250 thousand by the time Delhi hosts the Commonwealth Games in October next year.