MUMBAI
Mumbai probably has added a whopping 1.86 lakh vehicles to its roads between April last year and March this year, possibly the highest number in several years. Not a good news if you are a conscientious environmentalist. However, there is a silver lining!
Almost all its public transport, be it rickshaws, taxis or BEST buses (majority), run on the cleaner compressed natural gas (CNG). And according to the city's sole gas supplier, Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL), the trend is catching up, with more private vehicles now opting for CNG.
According to MGL figures, there has been an increase in the number of vehicles plying on CNG in the last 5 years. While in March 2010 there were around 2 lakh vehicles running on CNG, the figure now stands at over 3.6 lakh in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The CNG sector is currently heavily patronised by the rickshaw-taxi sector. According to the state transport department, as of March 2013, of the 31,961 CNG vehicles registered with Tardeo RTO, 28,055 are taxis; at Andheri RTO, of the 1,15,301 registered CNG vehicles, 64,422 are rickshaws. The trend is similar at Wadala RTO too, with rickshaws (42,100) dominating the CNG (60806) sector. In neighbouring Thane, of the 29,119 registered CNG vehicles, 22,171 are rickshaws.
To a question, an MGL spokesperson said now more private vehicles were opting for CNG. "Today, there is an increasing trend among private vehicles to opt for CNG. In March 2010, there were only about 3,200 private cars running on CNG, but today nearly 44,000 vehicles in the MMR ply on CNG."
The good news is the city's CNG capacity is geared to take in more vehicles. "In the past 5 years, MGL has added 27 CNG stations in MMR. Today, MGL supplies CNG across Mumbai and neighbouring areas through a network of 171 stations having over 900 dispensing points and a compression capacity of about 24 lakh kg/day, which is more than double the present CNG sales," a company official said.
dna, in its June 11 edition, had carried a story on the city having added 1,86,640 vehicles to its roads between April last year and March this year. This is almost two and-a-half times the average of 88,510 vehicles the city had added every year in the 15-year span between March 1998 and March 2013. Mumbai currently has 23,74,038 vehicles registered at its three regional transport offices (RTOs).
CNG vehicles as on March, 2013
Central (Tardeo) RTO: 31,961
West (Andheri) RTO: 11,5301
East (Wadala) RTO: 60,806
Total CNG vehicles: 20,8068
CNG dispensing stations: 171
Dispensing points: 900
Daily compression capacity: 24 lakh kg
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