Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar plans to give subsidies on the purchase of e-vehicles to encourage their use in the state.
While taking part in e-mobility drive, Khattar and his ministers rode bicycles from the chief minister’s official residence to the Haryana civil secretariat to mark the ‘World Car Free Day’ Wednesday, an ET Government report added.
The report further added that according to a Khattar, to promote the use of electric-vehicles, the state government has decided to give subsidies on their purchase of e-vehicles. The state chief minister also appealed to people to cycle as often as possible, “it is an affordable and environment-friendly mode of commuting,” Khattar said.
The chief minister also drove an e-vehicle from the secretariat back to his official residence. Earlier, Khattar inaugurated an awareness exhibition on e-vehicles organised at the Civil Secretariat.
Khattar called upon people to take a pledge to adopt a car-pooling system or to travel on foot or cycle to nearby places. The chief minister also said plying of CNG buses has been encouraged in Gurgaon to curb pollution, but now the state government plans to bring in e-buses and e-autos.
“It is my dream to build an electric highway from Delhi to Jaipur. It is still a proposed project. We are in discussion with a foreign company,” he said.
Gadkari said as a transport minister, he has taken a resolution to bring an end to use of petrol and diesel in the country. While reviewing the progress of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME) at Dausa, in Rajasthan, Gadkari said like electric railway engines, buses and trucks will also be powered by electricity.