For the first time in South India, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has introduced environment-friendly CNG (compressed natural gas) buses on Monday.
The buses which run with CNG will cause less noise and air pollution when compared to diesel buses.
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy flagged off three CNG buses of the first batch. He congratulated the APSRTC managing director V. Dinesh Reddy and other officials for switching over to a clean transport system.
APSRTC has decided to introduce 95 more CNG run buses by the end of December 2007 in Vijayawada as Bhagyanagar Gas Limited expressed its willingness to set up CNG filing stations in RTC depots. Apart from the three buses flagged off today, another five buses will be operated in the Hyderabad region.
"The corporation is always ready for innovations for the satisfaction of lakhs of passengers. So, we will try to induct more CNG buses in a phased manner in the future," said Mr Dinesh Reddy after the inauguration of new buses.
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