HYDERABAD: While APSRTC continues to dream about procuring new fleet to net additional revenue, the 150 brand new buses which they have procured about four months ago are gathering dust at Musheerabad bus depot due to lack of CNG supply.
In February 2011, the state government has directed the APSRTC management to ensure that at least one-third of the 6,000 buses which the corporation intends to purchase in the next couple of years should run on CNG (compressed natural gas). According to sources, the corporation and the state government thought at that time that it would be an easy task as 230 CNG buses are already in operation in Vijayawada and a CNG mother station works at brisk pace in Shamirpet.
As per the plan, in the first phase, RTC quickly procured 40 CNG buses hoping that from March 15, Bhagyanagar Gas Limited (BGL), the nodal agency to supply natural gas to Hyderabad's city gas distribution project, will start providing CNG as it was agreed upon. However, things ran into a roadblock as the Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Ltd (RGTIL) could not supply the fuel to BGL.
In February 2011, the state government has directed the APSRTC management to ensure that at least one-third of the 6,000 buses which the corporation intends to purchase in the next couple of years should run on CNG (compressed natural gas). According to sources, the corporation and the state government thought at that time that it would be an easy task as 230 CNG buses are already in operation in Vijayawada and a CNG mother station works at brisk pace in Shamirpet.
As per the plan, in the first phase, RTC quickly procured 40 CNG buses hoping that from March 15, Bhagyanagar Gas Limited (BGL), the nodal agency to supply natural gas to Hyderabad's city gas distribution project, will start providing CNG as it was agreed upon. However, things ran into a roadblock as the Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Ltd (RGTIL) could not supply the fuel to BGL.
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