Nagpur gets India's first ethanol-run bus
Launching India's first ethanol-run bus in the city on a pilot basis, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that a Bill to make provision for running vehicles on bio-fuels and hybrid electric would be tabled in the Parliament in the next session.
Gadkari also said that the country can reduce petrol, diesel and gas imports by at least Rs two lakh crore annually by using alternative fuels.
During the launch on Friday, the Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping said the Centre would provide 200-500 ethanol-run buses to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) under the 'Green Bus' project.
Green bus run from Samvidhan Square to Khapri in two shifts. The bus will make 14 trips in a day which are 8 in morning shift and 6 in evening shift. This bus will have ten stoppages which are Samvidhan Square, Variety Square, Panchasheel Square, Rahate Colony, Chhatrapati Square, Somalwada, Airport, Chinchbhavan and Khapri.
The fare of this bus will be ` 10 for first 2 km to 4 km (` 5 for minor children), ` 11 for 6 km, ` 13 for 8 km, ` 15 for 10 km, ` 21 for 12 km and 18 km, and ` 25 for 16 km distance (` 13 for minor children).
Launching India's first ethanol-run bus in the city on a pilot basis, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that a Bill to make provision for running vehicles on bio-fuels and hybrid electric would be tabled in the Parliament in the next session.
Gadkari also said that the country can reduce petrol, diesel and gas imports by at least Rs two lakh crore annually by using alternative fuels.
During the launch on Friday, the Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping said the Centre would provide 200-500 ethanol-run buses to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) under the 'Green Bus' project.
Green bus run from Samvidhan Square to Khapri in two shifts. The bus will make 14 trips in a day which are 8 in morning shift and 6 in evening shift. This bus will have ten stoppages which are Samvidhan Square, Variety Square, Panchasheel Square, Rahate Colony, Chhatrapati Square, Somalwada, Airport, Chinchbhavan and Khapri.
The fare of this bus will be ` 10 for first 2 km to 4 km (` 5 for minor children), ` 11 for 6 km, ` 13 for 8 km, ` 15 for 10 km, ` 21 for 12 km and 18 km, and ` 25 for 16 km distance (` 13 for minor children).
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