Nitin Gadkari told about Cars Industry, petrol and diesel vehicle impacts
Nitin Gadkari Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping on Thursday said he wants the pace of car sales in India to slow down as growth in vehicle sales, particularly those running on diesel, is choking roads and causing increased pollution.
CM @Dev_Fadnavis greets & wishes a great tenure to Union Minister @nitin_gadkari on taking charge as Minister for Water Resources. pic.twitter.com/JbsxsX3mep
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) September 8, 2017
“You may not like it, but I wish it from my heart that your growth should be less. If this growth continues, I will need to add one more lane to national highways, which will cost a whopping Rs 80,000 crore,” Gadkari told stunned representatives of the car industry.
Petrol and diesel vehicles will need to make way for electric powertrains and engines running on other fuel variants such as ethanol and biofuels. “I am going to do it, whether you like it or not. I will bulldoze. Petrol, diesel banaane walon kaa band-baajaa bajaanaa hai (We will take the makers of petrol/diesel engine vehicles to task),” Gadkari said.
All Electric 2030: @nitin_gadkari leads the charge on electric vehicles to meet India's 2030 goal #MakeInIndia https://t.co/ANIoC4aSiZ
— Make in India (@makeinindia) September 8, 2017
Gadkari, speaking in line with the government’s larger plan to have only electric vehicles in India by 2030, advised the industry to “innovate, research and work on new technologies” to find alternative transport solutions. “Come to public transport. You can bring solutions through diversification.”
Citing an example, the minister said car usage has seen a rapid rise. “Even my chef comes in a car. There are too many cars, which is also leading to parking problems. I think the car industry should also go in for finding parking solutions, and look at an integrated approach.”
To cut down on use of cars, especially in smaller towns, the minister said the government is planning to come out with a platform or an app – on the lines of Uber and Ola – that would facilitate the use of two-wheelers as a taxi.
“Gadkari said, adding that “we need to move towards alternative fuels” such as ethanol. “The government has decided to start 15 industries for second-generation ethanol. Ethanol can easily be produced from agro-based cotton straw, wheat straw, rice straw, bagass and bamboo. Alternative fuel is import substitute, cost effective and pollution free,”.
The minister said that the industry should increasingly focus on electric vehicles and added that cost of batteries has also been coming down. Seeking the launch of electric bikes, buses and cars
Also Check: Nitin Jayram Gadkari current Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping
