Progress report
For almost eight months the DTC did precious little to implement this Court order
March, 1999: First tender for conversion is floated by the DTC
April, 1999: DTC files an affidavit for an extension of the Court deadline and permission to procure Euro I compliant diesel buses
April 21, 1999: IIP agrees to test converted vehicles
June 24, 1999: CM Sheila Dikshit flags off the first CNG bus
August 3, 1999: MST authorises test agencies to issue provisional certificates (valid for three months) for CNG buses
August 3, 1999: IIP sends the preliminary test report to Parvez Hashmi but says that formal certification is not possible as MST has not specified the rules
August 12, 1999: MST issues provisional emission norms for certification to the testing agencies
September 10, 1999: IIP releases test report and provisional certificate for the two buses converted by Rare Technologies
October 4, 1999: The government counsel, hoping for a relaxation, pleads before the SC that it will cost a lot of money to convert old DTC buses
October 8, 1999: DTC informs busowners under the kilometre scheme about the SC order without mentioning that all eight-year-old buses will have to convert to CNG by March 2000
October 11, 1999: Two out of the 1,800 diesel buses are converted to CNG and hit the roads
October 15, 1999: STA clears a proposal to increase the bus fleet to 10,000 by April 2001. But the cabinet is yet to clear it
Status as on November 1, 1999: Five new CNG buses and two converted buses are plying on the roads. STA has not issued any official notification to the private busowners (plying under license from STA) about the SC order on conversion to CNG. MST is yet to notify the rules and regulations under the Central Motor vehicles Act (section 52) for proper regulations regarding certification of altered vehicles. The Indraprastha Gas Limited has set up 12 CNG filling stations. But they possess land for only 69 of the 80 stations to be set up by March, 2000
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