Pollution control * India - Board sets stricter norms for CNG buses
New Delhi,India -Expressindia.com, by Mehak Uppal -Feb 3, 2007: -- The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) today issued a new set of directives to ensure implementation of safety regulations in CNG-run buses in view of the danger posed to lives by fires in such vehicles... The decision to introduce stricter norms came in the wake of fire in a CNG school bus last month. “The 13-year-old deisel-run bus was converted to CNG, which is illegal. Also, the bus did not have a fire extinguisher and had not undergone the mandatory quarterly inspections for over seven months,” said Bhure Lal, Chairperson of EPCA...
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