Postal service to go green in Gujarat
The Department of Postal Service has decided to convert its fleet of mail delivery vans to run on compressed natural gas. The entire fleet will be phased out and it will be replaced by the new CNG vans.
The implementation has already begun from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where four CNG vans have been included in the fleet. The department has taken the step as a part of its social responsibility.
The implementation of the decision will be done in a phased manner.
The department has over 250 mail delivery vans in its fleet in Gujarat. Gujarat is divided into three regions — Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara.
Dashora refused to reveal the expenditure on this project but said that the expenditure will be funded by the Indian Postal service department.
The mail delivery van fleet falls under the Motor Mail Service of the Indian Postal Service and the department will be responsible for implementing the decision.
Dashora said that it is not possible for him to give any timeframe for the process to end as the existing vans will be replaced with CNG ones as they get old.
