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THEME: URBAN TRANSPORT

a. purchase the buses,

b. operate the buses on routes and schedules provided by AICTSL,
c. maintain the buses for the entirety of contract period,

c) Collect fare from the passengers.
The roles and responsibilities of AICTSL include the following:

a. provide BOA with 40% of the buses capital cost as upfront subsidy,
b. provide BOA with routes, schedules, and fare structure for the bus service,

c. provide space for establishing bus depot.
RESULTS ACHIEVED

Inclusion of 179 CNG buses in Indore’s PT bus fleet has boosted PT availability index in the city by 70% (from 0.07 to 0.12). Each
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CNG bus carries close to 440 passengers per day during its scheduled run thus providing mobility to more than 78,000 citizens in
Indore. Of these 78,000 passengers, close to 40% are students and almost 30% are women from different backgrounds.
Not only this, but the Bio also-CNG fuelled buses produce almost 12% less Carbon dioxide (CO ) as compared to similar make and
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model of diesel fuelled buses, which translates to 6,322 kgof CO2 emission reduced every day. Therefore, over their contract’s life span
of 7 years, these bio-CNG fuelled buses will likely save nearly 16,000 tons of carbon being emitted in Indore city .
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SUSTAINABILITY

AICTSL’s bio-CNG fuelled buses provide mobility option to 78,000 passengers per day. Most of these passengers are captive users
from low economic strata of the society, i.e., these passengers do not own any type of private vehicle thus they rely entirely on shared
transport modes. Without PT buses, these passengers will be forced to use Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) modes that are
highly unregulated, very unsafe, unclean, and do not provide any sort of travel reliability other than speed. AICTSL’s PT buses are an
essential part of life for such passengers as they use this bus service for accessing employment opportunities, educational and health
institutions, and visiting places of leisure.

TRANSFERABILTY

While many Indian city’s/ state’s PT operating authorities are operating CNG buses today, none of them are using CNG produced
locally to fuel their buses. For effective and efficient production of bio-CNG from organic waste, the quantum of purity of the waste is
over 90%, i.e., the waste from which CNG is to be produced must constitute of at least 90% organic matter. This is where Indore city
excels, as through dedicated efforts of the Indore Municipal Corporation and continued citizen participation Indore achieves >95%
waste segregation at the source (homes) itself.

For replicating this project, it is essential that high fidelity in waste segregation at source is achieved.

i Calculated according to service level benchmarks published by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (Microsoft Word - Service_level_
Benchmarks_-17-11-09.doc - pdfMachine from Broadgun Software, http://pdfmachine.com, a great PDF writer utility! (mohua.gov.in))
ii Calculations based on carbon emissions from : Electric vs. Diesel vs. Natural Gas: Which Bus is Best for the Climate? - Union of Concerned Scientists
(ucsusa.org)

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