Rao emphasised that expanding nationalist transport usage indispensable spell manus successful manus with a modulation to electrical mobility. Shifting distant from accepted fuels is not conscionable an enactment but an urgent necessity, helium added. (Image: X/@dineshgrao)
Citing aerial contamination and its wellness impacts, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has urged Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy to mandate electrical vehicles for nationalist transport successful Bengaluru.
All authorities buses should beryllium electrical and lone electrical autorickshaws, cabs, goods three-wheelers, and solid-waste postulation vehicles should beryllium permitted successful the city, Rao suggested successful a missive dated February 3, 2025.
Rao highlighted the terrible aerial contamination successful Bengaluru caused by vehicles moving connected accepted fuels, stressing its nonstop interaction connected nationalist health. He pointed retired that the city’s dense population, geography, and upwind conditions further exacerbated contamination levels.
“Air contamination has well-established adverse effects connected health. Given Bengaluru’s precocious conveyance numbers and increasing population, urgent measures are needed to forestall the metropolis from facing a situation akin to Delhi’s,” helium wrote.
Rao emphasised that expanding nationalist transport usage indispensable spell manus successful manus with a modulation to electrical mobility. Shifting distant from accepted fuels is not conscionable an enactment but an urgent necessity, helium added.
Calling for contiguous argumentation action, helium urged the transport section to framework regulations supporting this modulation and to guarantee that Bengaluru’s nationalist transport strategy aligns with sustainable and eco-friendly mobility goals.
Meanwhile, Reddy, acknowledging the letter, reportedly said that portion definite measures required support from the Union government, others could beryllium implemented with support from the authorities government. He said that steps would beryllium taken to trim vehicular emissions.