Lucknow: Apex industry lobby Assocham has urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to allow all state-run buses to move on from oil-based fuel to alternative and environment-friendly fuel like ethanol.
"Uttar Pradesh is India`s largest producer of ethanol for blending with petrol after Maharashtra. The state should promote use of cleaner-burning fuel from sugarcane as the move would result in twin benefits of reducing dependence on crude oil imports and carbon-emissions," Assocham National Secretary General D.S. Rawat said on Tuesday.
Assocham has also urged the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to accord priority to improving the condition and use of public transport to discourage the people from using their own vehicles as that would help reduce traffic/congestion on roads, reduce the number of road accidents and considerably bring down rising pollution levels across the state.
"Even the Union government is laying thrust upon the use of electric vehicles and green fuel like ethanol and is vigorously working towards promoting the use of cost-effective, import-substitute, pollution-free and indigenous technology," said Rawat.
"Such an initiative would not only help reduce pollution but will in turn promote industrial development, bring down logistics costs, generate employment, increase economic growth and boost exports," he added.
"Uttar Pradesh is India`s largest producer of ethanol for blending with petrol after Maharashtra. The state should promote use of cleaner-burning fuel from sugarcane as the move would result in twin benefits of reducing dependence on crude oil imports and carbon-emissions," Assocham National Secretary General D.S. Rawat said on Tuesday.
Assocham has also urged the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to accord priority to improving the condition and use of public transport to discourage the people from using their own vehicles as that would help reduce traffic/congestion on roads, reduce the number of road accidents and considerably bring down rising pollution levels across the state.
"Even the Union government is laying thrust upon the use of electric vehicles and green fuel like ethanol and is vigorously working towards promoting the use of cost-effective, import-substitute, pollution-free and indigenous technology," said Rawat.
"Such an initiative would not only help reduce pollution but will in turn promote industrial development, bring down logistics costs, generate employment, increase economic growth and boost exports," he added.
Source:-Zeenews
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