Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: As pollution has become a huge issue in India, the focus of the government is on promoting the use of non-polluting sources to power personal and public transportation, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has said.
Speaking at the NDTV Infra Shakti Awards, the minister said, “We need cost-effective, pollution-free and indigenous transport solutions. Now, Indian Oil is installing 300 ethanol pumps and automobile companies are bringing in flex vehicles.”
“So, instead of filling petrol at Rs 120 a litre, it is better to use ethanol at Rs 60 per litre, with the vehicle running 60 per cent on electricity and 40 per cent on ethanol. This will also reduce pollution,” he added.
Gadkari also stated that he is aiming for a “green revolution” in agriculture.He emphasised that he has no shortage of funds for his projects and investors are queuing up because “his ministry is sitting on a gold mine.”
Union Petroleum Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, who was also at the event, said that the country was using all available forms of energy and the outlook for the sector was never better.
“No matter which way you view it, if you look at green energy, the transition, biofuels… look at the 15 per cent transition we have done. We did 15 per cent biofuel blending. And we are solving the problem in agriculture,” the minister said.
