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Cairo Governor inspects first natural-gas fueled bus
21 May 2022
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Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel Aal inspected Saturday the first converted diesel-powered bus to run on natural gas as part of the cooperation protocol signed between the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Military Production, the Ministry of Mineral Resources, and Cairo’s Public Transport Authority under the supervision of the Ministry of Local Development to convert 1962 diesel-powered buses to run on natural gas as of 2021/2022.  
 

 

Abdel Aal pointed out that the protocol comes in line with President El-Sisi’s directives to implement the national project for converting and replacing cars and vehicles to run on natural gas. He added that the projects aim to make optimal use of Egypt’s natural gas, maximizing its added value as well as rationalizing diesel consumption, reducing air pollution, and decreasing harmful emissions.    

 

Moreover, Abdel Aal said that the authority would also upgrade the city’s public buses internally and externally in line with the Decent Life presidential initiative to provide citizens with proper means of public transport and preserve the aesthetic appearance of the capital.

 

For his part, the Head of Cairo’s Public Transport Authority, Rizq Ali, said that the protocol includes the training of technicians on periodical maintenance in accordance with the instructions of the engine manufacturing company to ensure the efficiency of the buses.  

 

Rizq added that the project of converting public buses to run on natural gas would save approximately 25 million pounds of the authority’s budget annually, noting that the conversion process would be over 6 years.     

 

Rizq, furthermore, said that the protocol comes in light of the state’s interest in preserving the environment and reducing air pollution because, by the end of the project, no buses would be running on diesel.

 
 

Source: Media Department, Cairo Governorate