[sustran] Fwd: BBC on Delhi bus fuel issue again

[Paul Barter]

BBC News
Tuesday, 9 April, 2002, 10:28 GMT 11:28 UK

Delhi tussles with transport chaos

The authorities in the Indian capital Delhi are struggling to find a way out
of the transport crisis that has forced thousands of buses off the roads. 

The Chief Minister of Delhi, Shiela Dixit, is due to meet shortly the
central ministers for home, law and environment in an effort to circumvent a
Supreme Court order which banned the use of polluting diesel-run buses. 

The court order has grounded half the city's bus fleet stranding thousands
of commuters. 

Last week the court said it would fine transport operators who had failed to
meet a deadline to switch to cleaner fuel. 

The court also rejected an appeal by the bus owners seeking extra time to
convert their fleet to environmentally friendly compressed natural gas
(CNG). 

Full story at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1918000/1918638.stm