Minister Gadkari’s Bus Trip Echoes Modi’s Fuel Conservation Call

PUNE: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari made headlines Thursday by boarding a bus for the Sant Gyaneshwar Mauli Maharaj Palkhi Marg inspection, shunning his convoy to champion PM Modi’s fuel-saving initiative amid rising global energy risks.

In candid remarks to media, Gadkari recounted his 20-year crusade for sustainable fuels—ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, LNG, green hydrogen—since 2004. He’s launched India’s inaugural electric scooters, cars, trucks, buses, and is now targeting agri-machinery and tractors. This innovation wave promises a Rs 2 lakh crore economic uplift, steering India to energy sovereignty.

Pollution eradication and self-sufficiency define our path, Gadkari declared, but today’s crises demand immediate fuel rationing, as PM Modi wisely urged. The minister’s personal cutbacks, including this bus ride, prove it’s a civic imperative.

Modi’s appeal addresses Middle East strife’s supply threats, extending to gold abstinence, oil moderation, and travel restraint for a year. Proactive states—UP, MP, Rajasthan—see CMs reducing vehicles. Yogi Adityanath and BJP peers initiate change; C.R. Patil skips escorts.

PM Modi exemplifies with a halved convoy, Amit Shah mirroring it. Focus sharpens on EV integration sans new buys. Ministries mobilize for alt-energy, electric transport, low-consumption modes. Gadkari’s vow to trim fleet and bus-up, voiced Wednesday, materializes, galvanizing a nationwide sustainability surge.