Northern India Herald

Bengaluru: Lending support to the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ in the city, GAIL ( India ) Limited today handed over 18 four-wheel CNG ‘Dry Waste Collection Vehicles’ worth Rupees one crore to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The vehicles were flagged off by Gaurav Gupta, Administrator of BBMP and Manjunath Prasad, Commissioner, BBMP in the presence of P Murugesan, Executive Director (Southern Region), GAIL (India) Limited and Vivek Wathodkar, Chief General Manager (CGD), GAIL Gas Limited. The vehicles, provided under GAIL’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, are going to be used for dry waste collection. They run on dual fuel, i.e., compressed natural gas (CNG) and petrol. CNG is an environment-friendly fuel which is cheaper than conventional fuels and reduces maintenance cost too. GAIL Gas Limited is supplying CNG in Bengaluru along with piped natural gas for households and industries. GAIL owns and operates the Dabhol – Bengaluru natural gas pipeline and is pres

HawaBadlo, an initiative of GAIL ( India ) Ltd, has launched online campaign #MotherEarthBlesses for creating awareness about clean air and better environment. The initiative invites netizens to take responsibility and adopt befitting lifestyle habits such as planting trees, cycling, walking and carpooling, using public transport, conserving energy and using cleaner energy options. This initiative inspires and motivates younger generation to act upon curbing air pollution. An engagement contest has been initiated for large participation of people who are enthused to share their stories, poems, and slogans in both photo as well as video showing their positive inclination towards preserving environment and cleaner inhabitant. Ten most interesting stories with befitting photos and videos will be acknowledged for recognition. #MotherEarthBlesses initiative aims to inspire people for celebrating the festivities by being responsible to each other in view of the current pandemic and also