MYSORE: In an attempt to put a check on its contribution to global warming, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), Mysore division, has decided to fix Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) to all the buses plying in the city to reduce carbon emission. The KSRTC has taken up the firstofitskind project in the country with the help of World Bank.With this, diesel engine vehicles, which are notorious for the thick smoke they emit, have a chance of going green with the help of the DPF device. With the Rs 3 crore project, KSRTC's Mysore division will fix DPFs to all the 400 buses including 41 Marco Polo and 79 semilow floor buses. The estimated cost of a DPF is Rs 1.25 lakh and fixing DPF is a part of Intelligent Transport System Programme, a World Bank initiative, said an official source. It added that the World Bank had provided grants under Global Environment Facility Fund. The environmental norms stipulate 50 hz as the limit for carbon emission by a bus. According to statistics, presently, the city buses emit 30 hz and the fixing of DPF will reduce the quantity of Carbon Monoxide and Nitrus Oxide. When contacted, KSRTC Divisional Controller MN Srinivas (Urban Transport) said that the Centre approved the project in the last year. KSRTC would soon invite tender for the supply of DPFs and the devices would be fixed to all the buses in a phased manner, he added. He informed that KSRTC's urban division buses make 6,600 trips a day in 142 routes."We check the emission limit of our buses every month. Though the carbon emission is not above the limit set by law, KSRTC has taken up the project to protect the environment," he added.
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