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CNG losing out to diesel in Delhi
Posted on 19 Jul 20123,507 Views Comments
Dealers in Delhi report drop in sales of CNG kits for private cars
Diesel's gain is CNG's loss in the capital, spelling bad news for the city's air. Dealers are reporting a 60%-80 % drop in sales of CNG kits for private vehicles since the beginning of 2012. They say many car owners who had got these kits retrofitted in their cars now want to sell the equipment as they are moving to diesel vehicles.
There are three main reasons for the drop in demand — the narrowing difference between CNG and diesel prices, poor quality of Chinese CNG kits and the rising price of kits due to depreciation of the rupee . With CNG prices having risen sharply in the past two years, it is now cheaper to run many diesel models as compared to CNG ones.
Another hike in fuel prices seems likely with crude prices breaching $100 a barrel, and this time diesel won't be spared. Diesel prices haven't been revised since June 2011 due to protests, leading to a loss of more than Rs 10 a litre for oil firms.
Substandard CNG kits drive switch to diesel
The drop in the demand for CNG kits among the city's car owners not only undermines the Delhi government's move to promote the clean fuel but is also an indication of the growing preference for diesel vehicles that have contributed heavily raising the city's pollution levels.
Delhi Pollution Control Committee's data for premonsoon months shows that levels of ozone, a byproduct of diesel emissions, have been the highest this summer. Last month, the World Health Organization also classified diesel emissions as a class-I carcinogen . In 2011, close to 3 lakh diesel private cars were registered in Delhi as against just 2,000-odd CNG cars.
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