Nagpur: Ayurvedic medicine maker from the city, Shree Baidyanath, has diverse to the sale of natural gas (LNG).
The company will inaugurate the first commercial LNG filling station in the country on Sunday.
Located on the outer ring road to Dirhori, it has a capacity of 23 tons and will serve LNG-based vehicles along the national highway around Nagpur.at present, the only dispensation station is in Dahej in Gujarat.
“This will be the first in this country to operate based on commercial,” said Subbarao Vaddadi, Director of B-LNG, Baidyanath Group Fuel Division.
“The company’s decision to follow the government’s decision to invest RS10,000 Crore at LNG expenditure stations throughout the country,” he said.
There is no Gadkari, the Minister of Transportation Union and also a member of parliament for Nagpur, who always suppresses alternative fuels, taking the initiative to start the first setting in the city.
As the Minister is looking for a local company to advance, Baidyanath Group agreed and invested Hospital 8 Crore in this project.
“The station will operate from Sunday.
It will take 60 vehicles for pumps to operate properly,” Vaddadi said.
For this, Baidyanath has a plan to convert 120 vehicles that include buses and trucks into the LNG.
“This will include an investment of RS10 lakh per vehicle,” Vaddadi said.
Aware, it will start 12 vehicles, he said.
“LNG is not only projected as a cheaper alternative to diesel but the price offered at Nagpur Station will be lower than the current price of the fuel market elsewhere.
This is because supply a year has been booked on the advanced level because the fuel will be available at Rs 62 per liter to fight Rs 72 on the market.
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