- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
Indian road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday (18) launched the country’s first electric double decker bus in Mumbai, the capital of the western state of Maharashtra and also India’s financial capital.
Gadkari tweeted about the event, which happened at Y.B. Chavan Centre at Mumbai’s Nariman Point, saying, “It gives me immense pleasure to launch the Ashok Leyland’s Electric Double Decker Bus in Mumbai today.” He also called the launch of the green bus as “Ushering Sustainable Revolution!”
Ushering Sustainable Revolution!
It gives me immense pleasure to launch the Ashok Leyland's Electric Double Decker Bus in Mumbai today. pic.twitter.com/lTP4Jhosb0
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) August 18, 2022
In another post, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said, “Giving Dynamic Boost to the sustainable transportation sector, such initiatives are cost-effective solutions & achieve PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s vision of #AatmanirbharBharat by cutting down oil imports and promoting indigenous resource & services.”
Giving Dynamic Boost to the sustainable transportation sector, such initiatives are cost-effective solutions & achieve PM Shri @narendramodi Ji's vision of #AatmanirbharBharat by cutting down oil imports and promoting indigenous resource & services. pic.twitter.com/cao6fjbBKh
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) August 18, 2022
Switch Mobility launches EiV22, India’s first double decker electric bus, in Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/NKtF2eDwPO
— Autocar India (@autocarindiamag) August 18, 2022
Gadkari was accompanied at the event by Shom A Hinduja, director of Ashok Leyland, and Mahesh Babu, chief executive officer of Switch Mobility, an electric-bus making subsidiary of Ashok Leyland.
