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 Fuel Made From Cow Dung Is Powering India’s Cheapest Bus Service, at Just 1 Per Ride

Fuel Made From Cow Dung Is Powering India’s Cheapest Bus Service, at Just 1 Per Ride

by The Daily Eye Team April 3 2017, 3:44 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 33 secs

A bus service in Kolkata is gearing up for the distinction of being among the cheapest modes of transport in India. The newly-launched bus service has also been in the news, even before it began ferrying, for being the country’s first major biogas-based bus service. Ultadanga is one of the first neighbourhoods in Kolkata to have the biogas bus. Source: Flickr According to Hindustan Times, the first bus is scheduled to run between the areas of Ultadanga and Garia. The estimated bus fare for the 17.5 km is a mere 1, a sharp drop from average bus fare in the city which is between 6 and 12.

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