CAIRO – 2 December 2020: Ministry of Local Development revealed an enlarged plan was presented by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly to convert 2,300 public buses in Cairo and Alexandria over five years. The ministry explains that this comes as part of its national plan to convert all vehicles to operate using natural gas. This plan includes coordination with other ministries: finance, and trade and industry, and seven governorates to provide lands required to collect vehicles. It further added that all governorates are instructed to provide lands to establish natural gas supply stations. Egypt aims to convert 400,000 vehicles to operate on natural gas within threeyears, through an incentive program for car owners and soft loans from banks and lending parties to the beneficiaries, Minister of Petroleum Tarek El Molla previously stated.

Source: Egypt Today January 02, 2021 14:26 UTC