Nitin Gadkari Inaugurates India’s First Electric Truck Battery Swapping Station

Union Minister of Roads, Transport and Highways Mr Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated India’s first commercial electric truck battery swapping and charging station at the Delhi International Cargo Terminal Private Limited (DICT) in Panchi Gujran village on the GT Road near Ganaur in Sonipat.

 

Addressing the event he said that the day is not far when India will be number one in producing aviation fuel and urged farmers to use stubble instead of burning it so that it can be used to produce fuel, thereby strengthening their economic condition.

He said that farmers will now be the fuel provider, work is now



being done to make fuel from stubble also.  He said that in our country, 5 million tons of stubble are being used to make bio-bitumen. In Maharashtra, Nagpur and Jabalpur roads are also being built using stubble. 

 

 

Talking about ethanol,he said that ethanol is being produced from corn, which has increased the market for corn. Mr Gadkari said, Companies are working on developing flexi-engines. 

Agricultural machinery is also now going to be equipped with flex  engines. He said that with all these efforts , we have succeeded in curbing the pollution due to stubble burning.