The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has called the urgent attention of automobile companies towards the need for an efficient public transport system in the country, run on electricity or alternate fuels.
Addressing CEOs of Indian and global automobile companies as part of MOVE: Global Mobility Summit 2018 in New Delhi, Gadkari urged them to actively think about diversifying into the public transport sector, and focus their research and innovation efforts in this direction.
Private vehicles are proliferating rapidly on Indian roads he said, and highways expansion cannot feasibly keep pace with this growth. We therefore need to encourage people to shift to public transport, and for this we have to put in place systems that are efficient and convenient, comfortable and safe.
