Every month workers at the coach cutting department repair coaches using CNG

The Central Railway's Matunga Carriage Workshop, spread across 35 hectares, has taken a step in the direction of cleaner fuel by adopting CNG. The 102-year-old establishment is the first zonal workshop of the Indian Railways to adopt natural gas for its operations. "It's been a little over a month since we started using CNG for coach cutting operations. While earlier all the heavily corroded metal would be cut using LPG and acetylene, natural gas is proving to be a cleaner, safer and cheaper fuel," said Mahesh Kumar, Chief Workshop Manager (Matunga), adding that it has cut expenditure by 30 per cent. While the per cubic metre cost for CNG is Rs 37, it was Rs 70 per cubic metre for LPG.