Nitin Gadkari to launch India’s first CNG Tractor; click here to know more

Launch of First CNG Tractor in India: India’s first-ever CNG Tractor will be formally launched by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Friday. It has been converted from a diesel tractor. The conversion is brought jointly by Rawmatt Techno Solutions and Tomasetto Achille India. It is expected to help farmers increase their income, by lowering costs and help to create job opportunities in rural India. Also Read | Delhi Police files FIR against Sapna Chaudhary; here’s why [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] (Representative Image)[/caption] Besides Nitin Gadkari, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Narendra Singh Tomar, Parshottam Rupala and VK Singh will also be present at the launch of the First CNG Tractor in India. A farmer will be able to save more than one lakh rupees annually on fuel costs, which will help them to enhance their livelihood. Also Read | Farmers announce further strategy to intensify protest including Rail Roko Agitation [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] (Representative Image)[/caption] Benefits of conversion to CNG are :

• It's a Clean Fuel as it has the lowest content of carbon and other pollutants and is economical as it has zero lead and is non-corrosive, non-dilutive, and non-contaminating.
• It is cheaper because the CNG prices are far more consistent than fluctuating petrol and diesel prices.

• The average mileage of CNG vehicles is better than that of Diesel and Petrol driven vehicles.
• It is part of Waste to Wealth as stubble (Parali) can be used as a raw material for producing Bio-CNG which will help the farmers to earn money by selling it to the Bio-CNG production units.
• It will help farmers to save up to 50 percent on the fuel cost as the current Diesel prices are Rs.77.43 per litre whereas CNG is only Rs.42 per kg.

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