How Nitin Gadkari's plan to use electric and alternative fuel vehicles can make an impact

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How Nitin Gadkari's plan to use electric and alternative fuel vehicles can make an impact (Image: Wikipedia)
How Nitin Gadkari's plan to use electric and alternative fuel vehicles can make an impact (Image: Wikipedia)

Delhi : Nitin Gadkari, minister of roads and highways, said Tuesday at the 7th EV Colloquium in the city that government vehicles that are to be scrapped under the Centre's vehicle scrappage policy will be replaced with vehicles with cleaner mobility technologies. All buses owned by transportation corporations and public sector organisations that have been on the road for more than 15 years will be scrapped, the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced when the union budget was unveiled.

According to Gadkari, 900,000 government cars will be switched out for electric or alternative fuel models in order to lower the cost of importing crude oil and minimise pollution.

There is also a need for roughly 1 million buses to be changed to electric since they have a much better operating cost and produce less pollution. As a less expensive alternative to the metro, "we are building a sky bus in Bengaluru," he continued.

According to him, the import of fossil fuels worth more than Rs 17 lakh crore and the rise in pollution are India's two main auto industry issues. "If we can reduce imports of fossil fuels, we can make India green and create jobs."According to him, India has roughly 1 million registered electric vehicles, and by 2030, the government wants to have 10 million.

Investment in new technologies and a commitment to minimising material waste, according to the minister, are two ideologies necessary to advance towards green mobility. Technology is all about turning information into money, he claimed."Generate bio bitumen from rice straw and barley. "NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) is willing to buy bio-bitumen from farmers produced locally," he added, adding that India needs 80 lakh tonnes of bitumen, of which 30 lakh tonnes are now imported.