Categories: Kolkata

Covid effect on road cabbage: 2 wheel sales can be the highest

Kolkata: Sales of two-wheeled in Kolkata this year tends to be the highest in the last five years.
At the end of July, it has crossed the 10,000 mark.
And, if the current registration rate continues, it will exceed 20,000 at the end of this year, the transportation department officer said.
The average annual sales of two wheels is 15,000+.
However, in the past three years, sales have crossed 17,000 in the city.
Car sales in the city are also ready to follow the figure of last year.
The department of public vehicles, which is the regional transportation authority (RTA) for the city, has 10,634 two-wheeled registered in July-end.
At 2020, 17,459 was registered.
Because the real sales of personalized vehicles took from End August and continued until January, they hoped that registration of two-wheeled vehicles would pass 20,000.
The highest registration of two-wheeled vehicles was 19,409 in 2019.
The car registration image in Kolkata was ready to exceed 2020.
In July-end, 7,219 cars were registered compared to 8,843 in 2020.
“Since new two-minute registrations and cars, opposed logic.
lethargic and gasoline prices floated around Rs 103-Rs 104 per liter, “said an official transportation department.
“This is mostly a effect of the limitations related to a pandemic.
Pandemic fears encourage people to use more private vehicles,” said Anumite Roychowdhury, Executive Expert, Executive Director (Research and Advocacy), Center for Science and Environment (CSE).
The decline in passenger vehicle registration was also significant.
Only 153 lightweight passenger vehicles (16-seats) are registered compared to an average of 3,000 in pre-pandemic times.
Likewise, only 17 middle passenger vehicles (mini-buses) were registered against 80 years of pre-pandemic, and only one Omni bus registered.
In the luxury cabin sector, which includes taxi applications, the decline is also sharp.
Only 87 of them were registered compared to an average of 3,000 in pre-pandemic years.
“The purchase date of this private vehicle can worsen congestion and further poisonous air pollution.
Steps need to be taken to improve the deployment of the integrated and safe modern bus system, and the metro and tram services reformed with enhanced last connectivity.
It needs to be supported by implementation Electrification of vehicle fleets targeted and time bound.
In fact, two wheels can be mandated for electrification targeted for faster makeovers to zero emissions, “Roychowdhury said.

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