Nagpur Municipal Corporation produces Bio-CNG and green hydrogen from waste. This eliminates the need for the body to bear additional capital spending and operating or maintenance costs. Municipalities use approximately 1,050 metric tons of waste to extract Bio-CNG. NMC supplies a Dutch-based company with 1,000 MT of wet and dry waste daily, and the company purchases 25 acres of land to set up the plant and also bears the cost of operation and maintenance. increase. Similarly, the company also guarantees that it will share some revenue with NMC.
Minister of Road Transport and Highways-Nitin Gadkari advocates the benefits of biofuels, and the company has proposed the idea of producing bio-CNG from trash, as shared by Mayor of Nagpur, Dayashankar Tiwari. The Chennai company plans to set up a plant to produce green hydrogen from 50 metric tons of waste. “There were two project validations done by Neeri and we confirmed that they were feasible and feasible,” the mayor added.
The government is also promoting the use of CNG and other alternative fuels. In 2019, a compressed natural gas (CNG) station was also opened in Rancho, Jharkhand to replenish private and commercial vehicles powered by CNG. The Indian Gas Corporation (GAIL) is working on distribution under the Pradanman Triul Jaganga & Sahargas Vitaran Project at Ranchi and Jamshedpur. GAIL will also set up 11 CNG stations for lunch for 75,000 CNG vehicles over the next few years.
