Summary
To turn Tripura's capital into a green city, efforts are on to run vehicles by compressed natural gas (CNG) and supply piped natural gas (PNG) to households. According to an official, the Tripura Natural Gas Co Ltd (TNGCL) has taken ambitious steps in this direction. "Currently, several thousand vehicles, including autorickshaws, run on CNG. We encourage all vehicles to use CNG as this is environment friendly and cheaper than petrol and diesel," TNGCL official Sankar Saha told IANS.
TNGCL, a joint venture company of Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) and the Assam and Tripura governments, was set up in June 1990 to supply CNG and PNG to make the environment cle......