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Mumbai will get 10 methanol-run buses according to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari also suggested the road developers mix 10 per cent plastic waste in tar for constructing roads

Mumbai will get 10 methanol-run buses according to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
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Speaking at an event over the weekend, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed that Mumbai will get 10 buses which will run on methanol. As a part of a pilot project, 10 buses each will be given to Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, and Guwahati. 

While addressing the gathering at Nagpur, Gadkari said that using methanol as a petroleum substitute is a major invention. With the cost of methanol only being 22 per litre, this alternative is efficient. 

According to a report published in Times of India, Gadkari informed that methanol is extracted from coal and Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) and other agencies are already manufacturing it. 

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The Union Minister of Road and Shipping asserted on increase of electric buses in public transport which will help reduce the burden of importing fuel and will provide a cheap, eco-friendly mode of transportation. 

I would request Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar to order BEST to replace diesel-run buses with buses which would require electricity, ethanol, or methanol to run on roads,” Gadkari said while speaking at an event of Maharashtra Mayors’ Council meeting.

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