Safety of CNG cars??
Three men were burnt alive in an accident due to CNG short circuits when their Wagon R caught fire after being hit by a speeding truck at Kapasheda ,Delhi.Police say the car engine short-circuited after the head-on collision with the truck and the car was in flames within seconds.The upholstery was inflammable as well.
Delhi has roughly about 1.25 lakh private vehicles running on CNG and there is a 250% increase year on year. According to official figures about 4,000 cars are converted to CNG every month but there are no checks to prevent the sale of unauthorised CNG kits.