With the exception of Vasco, which bears the brunt of coal dust pollution, the remaining cities in Goa have pollution levels that are below prescribed levels. But this has not stopped the Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC), a public sector undertaking, from embarking on a journey to convert or replace its diesel engine buses with electric, biogas or ethanol ones.
The experiment started on 15 August last year when Sweden-based Scania was granted permission to operate biogas and ethanol buses on a trial basis. The reasoning was that since the Saligao garbage plant generates bio-gas from treatment of nearly. . .
