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Preeja Prasad ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: In an attempt to curb vehicular emissions, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is introducing a proposal to cut down carbon emissions through a solution which uses electrolysis. The proposal is part of its ‘BMTC Go Green’ initiative and will be conducting a pilot project involving 200-300 buses. “The solution will help reduce oil thickening since there is a need for repeated change in oil. Due to the NGT order restricting purchase of diesel engine buses, the corporation is unable to purchase any diesel buses to run some of its old buses on the road. According to a BMTC official, the buses are scrapped when the old buses completed the stipulated time period but if the bus is in good condition has been maintained properly, then it is used..