Lok Sabha Question No. 2819 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-12
Subject: Promoting use of CNG, LNG and Ethanol
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Narayan Tatu Rane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2819 ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

PROMOTING USE OF CNG, LNG AND ETHANOL

2819.         SHRI NARAYAN TATU RANE:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to promote the use of CNG, LNG and ethanol in road construction vehicles and machinery;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  put  emphasis  on  development  of affordable  pollution  free  and  indigenous  methods  and  alternative fuels to replace imported fuels;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  prepared  any  plan  to  set  up townships, smart cities, logistic park and industrial cluster on both sides of the roads, if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d)  the  details  of  roads  which  have  been  identified  for  the  said purpose?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  In order to facilitate the development of motor vehicles running on  non-fossil  fuels,  Government  in  the  Ministry  of  Road  Transport and Highways has notified emission norms of agricultural tractors, power tillers, construction equipment vehicles and combine harvesters driven by dual fuel diesel with Compressed Natural Gas or Bio-Compressed Natural Gas or Liquefied Natural Gas engines .

- (b) Government has notified  mass emission standards to introduce alternate fuels viz. blends of ethanol with gasoline ( E-10, E-12, E-15, E-20),  flex-fuel  (E  85)  or  (E  100),  Biodiesel,  Bio-CNG,  Liquefied Natural  Gas  (LNG),  Methanol  M15  or  M100  and  Methanol  MD  95  , dual  fuel,  M85  and  Di-Methyl  Ether  (DME  or  D100),  Hydrogen  Fuel Cell Vehicle, Hydrogen CNG.
- (c)  and  (d)  National  Highways Authority of India (NHAI) envisions development of Wayside Amenities at regular intervals of 40-60 km across Brownfield National Highways and Greenfield Expressways. These highway amenities are aimed to cater to a wide spectrum of highway users, including regular passengers, leisure travelers and trucker  drivers.  Further,  Government  has  approved  35  locations across India for development of Multi Modal Logistics Park (MMLP), which  are  envisaged  to  act  as  world-class  logistics  aggregation/ disaggregation points for various forms of cargo across all modes within a single facility. The details of 35 locations are as under:

|   S. No. | Location                                                            |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Delhi-NCR (Delhi, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida)             |
|        2 | Mumbai (Mumbai, Mumbai Suburbs, JNPT, Mumbai Port, Raigad District) |
|        3 | North Gujarat (Ahmedabad and Vadodara)                              |
|        4 | Hyderabad                                                           |
|        5 | South Gujarat (Surat and Bharuch)                                   |
|        6 | South Punjab (Ludhiana, Sangrur, Patiala)                           |
|        7 | North Punjab (Amritsar, Jalandhar, Gurudaspur)                      |
|        8 | Jaipur                                                              |
|        9 | Bangalore                                                           |
|       10 | Pune                                                                |
|       11 | Vijayawada                                                          |
|       12 | Chennai                                                             |
|       13 | Nagpur                                                              |
|       14 | Indore                                                              |
|       15 | Patna                                                               |

|   S. No. | Location      |
|----------|---------------|
|       16 | Kolkata       |
|       17 | Ambala        |
|       18 | Vaisad        |
|       19 | Coimbatore    |
|       20 | Jagatsinghpur |
|       21 | Nasik         |
|       22 | Guwahati      |
|       23 | Kota          |
|       24 | Panaji        |
|       25 | Hisar         |
|       26 | Visakhapatnam |
|       27 | Bhopal        |
|       28 | Sundargarh    |
|       29 | Bhatinda      |
|       30 | Solan         |
|       31 | Rajkot        |
|       32 | Raipur        |
|       33 | Jammu         |
|       34 | Kandla        |
|       35 | Cochin        |

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