Hamid
Ghasemi DehCheshmeh, director of the CNG Project of the National Iranian Oil
Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC), said 40 new stations would come online
during the 40 anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
February 1
to 11, celebrated as the Fajr Decade in Iran, is marked as the anniversary of
the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Ghasemi said
that 11 of the stations would become operational in the capital city of Tehran.
He further
added that 128 CNG stations were being constructed across the country, adding
that once all of the stations became operational, the number of CNG stations
would cross 2,500 in the country.
During the
current Iranian calendar year which began on March 21, 86 CNG stations were
constructed by private sector investment.
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