Dar es Salaam, April 12 -- TANZANIA: MOTORISTS have urged the government to increase the number of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling stations in the country, for it to become a mass-market product.

They also insisted that CNG cars will need a dense network of filling stations to address long queues and congestion. They lamented on increasing re-filling delays resulting from an increase in number of vehicles switching to gas use.

The motorists also called on the government to deploy measures, which will help to reduce the cost of converting the vehicles from fuel to gas system to enable more people to afford the service.

Experts say switching to CNG may seem relatively inexpensive and the benefits outweigh the use of fuel. They argue...