India promotes CNG at technology expo<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
With air pollution becoming a serious problem, especially in
\nJakarta and other big cities, Indonesia plans to adopt Indian
\ncompressed natural gas (CNG) technology.<\/p>\n
Following an agreement to promote the use of CNG at a Joint
\nCommission Meeting in New Delhi between the two countries'
\nministers last week, the Engineering Export Promotion Council of
\nIndia (EEPC) is talking to Indonesian engineering companies to
\ndevelop conversion kits that enable vehicles to use this fuel.<\/p>\n
Indian companies developing CNG technology will join some 100
\nother engineering business establishments in such sectors as
\nmachinery, automobiles and metal casting at Wednesday's INDIATECH
\n2005 Expo at the Jakarta Convention Center.<\/p>\n
"We are focusing the INDIATECH Expo on CNG technology that is
\nin wide use in our country," EEPC chairman Rakesh Shah said on
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
India has succeeded in converting some 200,000 vehicles to use
\nthe cleaner fuel. The Indian government has also made it
\nmandatory for public transportation vehicles in New Delhi to use
\nCNG in a bid to reduce pollution and keep maintenance costs low.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso seems to have been inspired by this
\nsuccess, and said last month that all public transportation
\nvehicles operating in the city, including taxis and official
\ngovernment cars, should switch to CNG to help reduce the city's
\nalarming levels of air pollution.<\/p>\n
"With the technology being introduced through the exhibition,
\nwe hope Jakarta will soon share New Delhi's experience," said
\nShah.<\/p>\n
Aside from introducing the environment-friendly technology,
\nthe expo also aimed to facilitate Indian small- and medium-
\nenterprises to work together with similar business establishments
\nin Indonesia, said Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Hemant Krishan
\nSingh.<\/p>\n
"We are acting as a facilitator for further growth in trade
\nand cooperation between the two countries," he said.<\/p>\n
Last year's two-way trade between India and Indonesia stood at
\nUS$3 billion, an increase on 2003's $2.4 billion. India's
\nengineering sector exported some $172 million worth of goods to
\nIndonesia, and this was projected to grow by 40 percent this
\nyear, Shah said. (003)<\/p>",
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