The BJP leaders said that India is at the number one spot with regards to manufacturing electrolyzers. “We are not just manufacturing hub of electrolyzers, we are also exporting it to countries like the United States,” Gadkari said.
The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways several works in the state's Konkan region were help up due to issues like land acquisition, permissions, contractor problems.
Once the country scales the production of green hydrogen, this can be used to drastically reduce the cost of transportation in the country while being sustainable, the minister said
Addressing the '8th Smart Cities India Expo', Gadkari also stressed the need of developing smart cities and villages through the PPP model.
The road, transport and highway minister pointed out that a whopping 5 lakh road accidents take place in the country, in which 1.5 lakh people die every year.
He said cabinet nod to 'Bharatmala 2' is likely soon and once obtained it will meet the requirements of a robust infrastructure in the country.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had come out with a Rs 6,000-crore contract to concretise 397 km of Mumbai roads.
The move is aimed at reducing traffic congestion and charging motorists for the exact distance travelled on the highways, Gadkari said.
Education on road safety and enforcement of road safety rules is key to improving safety standards in India.
Addressing an event organised by industry body CII, Gadkari said there is a need to encourage public transport, and electric buses are the future.
Gadkari said Rs 700 crore will be used from the Central Road Fund for construction, repair, maintenance, and beautification of roads, in the project to convert waste to roads.
India has a surplus of sugar, corn and wheat, which can be used for making ethanol, the road transport and highways minister said at the first edition of Moneycontrol Policy Next—The Rs 10 Trillion Infra Push summit
Addressing the inaugural Moneycontrol Policy Next- The Rs 10 Trillion Infra Push summit, the minister said hydrogen made through electrolyser is costly but by using biomass, hydrogen can even be produced without using electricity
Addressing the inaugural Moneycontrol Policy Next-The Rs 10 Trillion Infra Push summit, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said efforts were on the quickly start extracting the metal, which can reduce the cost of EVs in India
The minister accepted that the quality of roads is sometimes a concern and there is room for improvement and also expressed the desire to set up an organisation focussed on research and development in the sector.
Of these, 21 pertain to state capital Ranchi, incurring an expense of Rs 9,453 crore.
The felicitation, which is scheduled on April 18, will be attended by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.
Moneycontrol Policy Next Live Updates: Policy Next Series kicked off today in the national capital. Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, in his keynote address, he said, "Cannot form a sudden opinion on Joshimath incident. Joshimath has a lot of encroachment and no drainage system. However, we await the report on it. The enquiry is underway and will comply with whatever is in the report.
According to the data on the portal, the registration of electric vehicles (EVs) in India rose to 10,20,679 in 2022 from 3,29,808 in 2021.
Of the 31 projects, 21 pertain to state capital Ranchi, entailing an estimated investment of Rs 9,453 crore, and nine to Jamshedpur at a cost of Rs 3,378 crore, the official said.
Moneycontrol launches a new cycle of premium events in the Policy Next Series on March 23 in New Delhi.
In his inaugural address of 'Know Your Army', a two-day arms and equipment exhibition of the Indian Army, Gadkari cited the example of the Multi-Model International Passenger and Cargo Hub Airport in Nagpur (MIHAN) and said Nashik has a similar potential.
In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which is mandated to track and monitor cyber security incidents in India, received reports of vulnerabilities in products and applications related to electric vehicle charging stations.
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Jairam Gadkari addresses the Inaugural Session of Andhra Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 at AU Engineering College Grounds, Visakhapatnam