'Bemo' replacement vans to use liquid gas<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is to power new minivans
\nwith liquid gas in an effort to reduce the city's pollution.<\/p>\n
The deputy governor for economic and development affairs, Tb.
\nM. Rais, said yesterday that some of the 60 minivans already
\nlicensed to operate on 20 routes instead of the three-wheeled
\nbemo will run on liquid gas.<\/p>\n
\"Now the administration should contact the state-owned oil
\ncompany Pertamina to see whether it can provide mobile liquid gas
\npumps because not all bemo routes are served with gas stations,\"
\nRais said.<\/p>\n
He added that the problem will not be complicated if there are
\ngas pumps on the routes. \"We could just add a liquid gas pump to
\nthe stations,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Rais said this is the first step taken by the city
\nadministration to encourage all public transportation vehicles to
\nuse liquid gas.<\/p>\n
He said that eventually all public transportation vehicles in
\nJakarta should use the fuel because air pollution in the city is
\nmainly caused by the transportation sector.<\/p>\n
\"We plan to require new buses, especially public ones, to use
\nliquid gas,\" he said.<\/p>\n
According to data issued by the city environment and study
\noffice, 67.1 percent of air pollution in Jakarta is caused by
\nthe transportation sector, 17.9 percent by industry, 11.12
\npercent by residential buildings and 3.88 percent by garbage
\nincineration.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Rais also said that the bemo replacement process is
\nexpected to be completed by January next year.<\/p>\n
\"We are hoping that by then no bemo will be operating on the
\ncity's streets,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The city administration has decided to replace more than 1,000
\nbemos with other vehicles because bemos are no longer considered
\nappropriate as a city public transportation vehicle.<\/p>\n
The administration plans to deploy 60 new vehicles this month.
\nThus far 370 bemo owners have so joined the city's program,
\nacquiring minivans through low-interest loans. (yns)<\/p>",
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