Amendment in Central Motor Vehicles Rules to kindle Clean fuel in rural India

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRT&H) has notified an amendment in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, with an aim to promote clean/green fuel in rural India.

Subsequently the amendment, agriculture tractors, power tillers and construction equipment vehicles that run on diesel and petrol can be retrofitted with CNG, bio-CNG and LNG fuel engines.

"MoRT&H notifies an amendment in the Central MV Rules,1989, to provide for conversion by modification or replacement of engines of in use agriculture tractors, power tillers, construction equipment vehicles and combined harvesters for operation on CNG, Bio-CNG & LNG fuels," sources said.

Nitin Gadkari, Minister Road Transport, Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in February this year had launched India's first-ever diesel tractor converted to CNG, and stated that not only it will change the rural economy but will result in massive employment opportunities.

The minister also added that apart from being a clean fuel, CNG is economical also as it has zero lead and is non-corrosive, non-dilutive and non-contaminating. It also helps in increasing the life of the engine, and requires less regular maintenance. It is cheaper also as CNG prices are far more consistent than fluctuating petrol prices.

In addition, the average mileage of CNG vehicles is better than that of diesel/petrol driven vehicles, the minister had stated.

Explaining to farmers the specific benefits of converting tractors to CNG, test reports point out that the retrofitted tractor produces more/equal power in comparison to a diesel-run engine stated Gadkari.

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