Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that the NDA government led by BJP will make a mandatory flexible fuel engine for all types of vehicles in six months.
Speaking at the Indian Federation of the ‘Indian Green Energy Awards’ in Delhi, said MP City as a Flex machine running more than one fuel, road transportation and the ministry of highway below will ask all car manufacturers to make and put them into their vehicles.
Detailed notifications in this case will be issued within six months, he said.
“Considering the increase in gasoline and diesel prices, alternative fuels are needed.
Ethanol, CNG, BIO-LNG, and Electric are several alternatives available.
Among them, ethanol is the most affordable and has also been successfully tried in the aviation industry.
It is quite difficult to convince People about new technology, but fortunately, Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the industry has supported it, “Gadkari said.
“I also tried to make a generator running on ethanol.
The use of ethanol will be a game changer for this country,” he added.
The heavyweight BJP Minister of the City said the central government worked to reduce gasoline and diesel imports to zero from 80% at this time.
“The use of fossil fuels is more harmful to the environment.
If we want to stop importing crude oil, we need to provide more encouragement for green energy.
Federation officials need to do more research and work in the field of green energy,” he said.
The Union Minister said that BrihanMumbai’s electricity supply and transportation buses (best) in Mumbai were run on RS115 / Liter Diesel, while the ethanol bus tried in the fee of RS78 / Liter Nagpur.
“We will introduce an electric bus in Mumbai and Pune which will only cost RS40-RS50 / Km.
At Pune, we opened three ethanol pumps.
Vikram Kirloskar from the Toyota Group recently met me at Nagpur when he told me that they were Ready to launch a Flex machine that matches Euro-VI emissions, which can run at 100% gasoline or 100% ethanol.
I also asked to manage the TV Director and the Bajaj group to make two wheels that could run on ethanol and they were ready with him.
, I will ensure that the Flex machine is made mandatory, “he said.
While overcoming farmers in the village of Mandwa in the Wardha District on Monday, Gadkari has advised them to grow sugar cane plants because they have many by-products, including ethanol.
“Compared to gasoline for RS111 a liter and more than RS100 for Diesel, the cost of ethanol is only RS65 / Liter.
We are now opening an ethanol pump in many parts of Nagpur and other cities,” he said.
Flex fuel machine will have to be for all vehicles in 6 months: Gadkari
