Pune: Minister of Tourism and Environment Aditya Thackeray on Wednesday said all vehicles purchased or employed to be used by the government from April 2022 will be strictly on electricity.
“Severe losses will be issued if the car currently used by the government is replaced by an electric vehicle (EV).
But the new car purchased or employed by the government from April 2022 will be an electric vehicle,” he said while overcoming a press conference in the city.
He said filling stations must be made available at gas stations and residential community parking and single buildings to encourage the use of electric vehicles.
Thackeray said the government had a plan to make a pune of a carbon neutral city in 2030.
“43 cities greenhouse gas inventories will be conducted to understand what the recovery should be done.
Pune must meet the requirements of being one of the top 10 Bloomberg cities.
We have talked With Commissioner Division Pune to point to one point for the initiative.
“He said,” Since the plastic ban on a single use five years ago, the bar has been established high for Pune because the city is considered as the capital of Knowledge of Maharashtra and the state power plant.
This is a place on where residents participated in cleaning campaigns at Riverside as part of their weekend plan.
“He said,” There is a good response from NGOs, corporations and individuals for Majhi Vasundharaa, an initiative by the Department of Environmental and Climate Change to encourage active participation in various initiatives Climate change mitigation in the daera H Urban and country countryside.
” Thackeray said the government was in talks with Pune International Center (PIC) and the Mahrotta Chillber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (McCIA) to work towards the Ulung-Tangguh Agriculture in the state.
“Rain is unreliable due to climate change for the past five-six years.
We try to collaborate efforts to find various ways to improve the situation.
The focus will be on the implementation of drip irrigation, rainwater harvesting and technology interventions where it can help,” he said.
Along by working towards carbon neutrality, the Minister said, efforts will be taken to increase the use of electric vehicles, cycling tracks, urban forests and solid waste management throughout the Metropolitan Pune region.
Thackeray also visited the Kinetic Green electric vehicle manufacturer, where it toured the facility and shown its inventory.
He sought an aggressive implementation of the new electric vehicle policy, adding that the state government would implement purchasing policies for such buses and cars, as well as vehicles for waste management and tourism.