India: Electric vehicles usage should be made mandatory for all govt officials says Gadkari

Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that electric vehicles should be mandatory for all officials in government ministries and departments. He, further, persuaded Power Minister R K Singh to make it mandatory to use electric vehicles for officials in his department saying he will do so for his departments.

He said that the use of 10,000 electric vehicles in Delhi can alone save Rs 30 crore per month. On this occasion, Singh also announced that a fuel cell bus service will be launched from Delhi to Agra and Delhi to Jaipur soon.