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Stating that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry had set up only 68 filling stations so far as against the 80 promised, Dikshit told reporters, "We are in constant touch with Union Minister Ram Naik, but the response has not been satisfactory. Only one CNG station has been added since March 31."
"Even the buses promised have not been given to us by the manufacturers. There is a shortage of cylinders and even if we have all the buses in place, it will be not be a happy scenario on October one if gas is not available," she said.
"Autorickshaw operators are forced to wait for up to six hours to get the gas. Gas stations are not being set up fast enough. Most stations are in south Delhi," she said.
The chief minister said experts from the United States of America and Denmark had recently informed her that conversion was not a success even in the West.
"We are exploring the possibility of putting CNG engines on existing chassis," she said.
The Delhi government, Dikshit said, will shortly file an affidavit in the Supreme Court to present its case.
The state-owned Delhi Transport Corporation runs a meagre 441 CNG buses as against the requirement of over 10,000 public transport buses.
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