CNG produced from organic waste will run buses soon

Union Minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari recently, retariated government’s stand on replacing fossil fuels with alternative sources of energy, said that buses will soon run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) produced by processing stubble and food waste.

He further said that work to convert stubble, which is usually burnt after the crops are harvested, into CNG has already been initiated in Ludhiana. Further, the process to convert the food waste such as mutton, fish, fruits, and vegetables into Bio-CNG will be launched in Maharashtra in the next two months. The CNG thus produced by separating methanol and carbon dioxide CO2 will be used as fuel for buses. However, the ministry has given a green flag to finance the plant in Ludhiana where stubble will be converted into CNG.

Addressing a national MSME conclave in Delhi, Gadkari highlighted that rules for designating the ISI mark on a product will be changed soon. Any product which is consuming electricity above the prescribed norm will not be granted the ISI mark.