Gurgaon Buses to use Bio-Diesel from June

Gurgaon Buses to use Bio-Diesel from June

After Delhi’s move to CNG, it is the turn of neighboring city of Gurgaon to adopt a nature friendly fuel for their public transportation. The latest news in is that the buses in Gurgaon would switchover to a hybrid fuel consisting of diesel mixed with bio-diesel. This would make Gurgaon Buses the first one in the nation to use Bio Fuel.

This decision was taken after the authorities undertook a trial run on 20 buses. They look after this project for around a year and noticed that the smoke emissions have reduced by using the advanced fuel. In addition, the buses also showed improved mileage.

Jaibir Singh Arya, GM, Haryana Roadways, Gurgaon said in a statement to the media about this latest accomplishment: ‘‘In April 2004, we started running 20 buses on a diesel containing five pc bio-diesel. In order to procure comparative data, we used another 20 buses running on normal diesel on similar routes. Special care was taken to ensure that both sets of buses were almost of same age and had traveled similar distances. A comparative analysis of both showed the mileage of the ones using bio-diesel was marginally better.’’

The fuel for this project was provided by IOC at no extra cost. As for now, the fuel would contain just 5% bio-diesel, which can be increased to as much as 20% in the coming days.