India, Pune
The city of Pune in India’s state of Maharashtra look set to have compressed natural gas (CNG) available for natural gas vehicles (NGVs) by November this year, with as many as 29 stations expected to be operational by the end of 2008. The State’s Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dinsha Patel told the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) that Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) will install the network and that the program would be extended to other cities in the State in due course.
The Government hopes to duplicate air quality benefits that other Indian cities have experienced from introducing natural gas vehicles. A 2003 World Bank report rated Pune as the fifth most polluted city in Asia.
