Delhi Transport Corporation to check buses for CNG leakage, pollution

The Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) of India called a meeting this week following reports of fires in the Delhi Transport Corporation's CNG-powered buses. Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said that all DTC buses would soon be made leakage-proof and that only fully checked and approved buses would be allowed to ply on Delhi roads. DTC has already started checking its buses, and over 600 vehicles have gone through the process so far. Private bus fleets too will have to go through similar checks. A special enforcement drive started by the Government will deploy 12 teams of transport department officials to check the legal documents of all buses.
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