PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 4 -- The commercial supply of bio-CNG, or Compressed Biogas, produced at the Arail plant in Naini here commenced on Monday. Mayor Umesh Chandra Ganesh Kesarwani showed the green flag to CNG vehicles at the plant around 1 pm.

Prayagraj has become the second city in the country, after Indore, to produce bio-CNG.

In the first phase, four tons of bio-CNG per day will be supplied to Indian Oil and Adani Gas Pipeline Limited from the Ever Enviro plant, which is located on the banks of the Yamuna. To produce four tons of bio-CNG, the municipal corporation will have to supply approximately 100 tons of wet waste to the plant.

The corporation established the bio-CNG plant in association with the private sector at an approximate c...