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| Capital cities switching over to clean fuel | | …………but Srinagar first, Jammu to wait conventionally | |
Jammu, June 18: The long wait for some clean breathe on the highly polluted and congested roads of the twin capital cities –Jammu and Srinagar –is soon likely to be over as the plan is being drawn out for switching over the commercial vehicles to cleaner fuel option –but as the fate of Jammu would have the trend will begin from Srinagar.
The Jammu and Kashmir Government in consultations with the Union Petroleum Ministry and its corporations have formulated a two pronged strategy to shift the commercial vehicles in Jammu and Srinagar cities to the cleaner fuel options. The complete shift over to the world’s cleanest fuel is likely to take around two years.
The Union Petroleum Minister, Murli Doera, who was in Srinagar today said that “the supply of natural gas is to be assured and steps will be taken to ensure the same within two years. However, for the time being auto LPG will be introduced in a big way”.
"Auto LPG will be introduced in the state in a big way to protect environment. It will be started with Srinagar", Union Petroleum Secretary MS Srinivasan said. Since the officer was speaking in Srinagar, therefore the question of asking as why “Srinagar first” did not arise at all.
In fact, the dominant political mindset in the state is structured in a manner that every good omen first begins with Srinagar. When the question is about the cleaner vehicle fuels, it may not be out of place to mention here that even in the registration of vehicles it is Srinagar first (JK-01) and then comes Jammu (JK -02)
It may be mentioned here that the Jammu & Kashmir High Court had earlier asked the state government and the Centre to establish a CNG pipeline network in the state.
In the meeting, chaired by Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, it was decided that public sector oil companies like IOC, BPCL and HPCL would augment marketing and distribution infrastructure in the three states.
Meanwhile, in a bid to expand the network for retailing transport and cooking fuels in three northern states, the petroleum ministry would soon add 96 gas stations and 30 distributors for cooking gas.
Speaking at a regional meeting here Monday on issues regarding the distribution of oil fuels in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said priority would be given to address the energy needs of these states.
He said state-run oil marketing companies had 266 retail outlets for petrol and diesel in Himachal Pradesh, 333 in Jammu and Kashmir and 352 in Uttarakhand. In addition, there were 120 distributorships for cooking gas in Himachal Pradesh, 154 in Jammu and Kashmir and 169 in Uttarakhand.
He said these companies intended to set up 25 retail outlets for petrol and diesel in Himachal Pradesh, 49 in Jammu and Kashmir, and 22 in Uttarakhand. Also, while Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand will have three more distributors each for cooking gas, Jammu and Kashmir will have 22 more.
Deora said the coverage of cooking gas in the three hill states was 85 percent in Jammu and Kashmir, 90 percent in Uttaranchal and 97 percent in Himachal Pradesh - which is more than double the national average of 45 percent.
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