[sustran] Re: LPG and CNG

[Environment Support Group]

In my earlier posting, I made an error in the number of vehicles in
Bangalore.  It should read 600,000 and not 6 million.  The population of
Bangalore is over 5 million.  

Regrets

Leo Saldanha

At 03:56 PM 3/14/00 +0500, you wrote:
>
>The use of LPG in private cars and autorickshaws has increased 
>quite a bit in the past two years in Bangalore, a city with dense 
>traffic movement, where almost 70% of the 6 million vehicles that 
>ply are two wheelers, and about 20% are private cars.  Such use 
>became very popular as the running costs were claimed to be a third that of
>petrol 
>(costing Rs. 30/litre: Rs. 44 = $1) and a LPG cylinder that is
>meant for kitchen use could be mounted in the vehicles.  
>
 

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