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UBER TO INTRODUCE 25,000 ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN INDIA AMID CLEAN CAR PUSH

ber Technologies will introduce 25,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in India for ridesharing over three years, its country head said, its first move to adopt clean cars. The EVs will be bought by Uber’s fleet partners from Tata Motors, India’s biggest electric carmaker, Prabhjeet Singh, president, Uber India and South Asia told Reuters.

We are going to be a big catalyst in accelerating the (EV) ecosystem, Singh told Reuters.

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India’s federal and state governments are pushing for greater electrification of shared taxis, an area currently dominated by Uber’s local rival BluSmart, an electric mobility start-up.

Source: Reuters

NHLML, JODHPUR DISCOM SIGN PACT TO SET UP 11 SOLAR POWER PLANTS ON SECTION OF AMRITSAR-BHATINDA-JAMNAGAR EXPRESSWAY

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between both the parties during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Usha Sharma, according to a statement. Under this, 11 solar power plants will be developed on the Amritsar-Bhatinda-Jamnagar Expressway at a total of six places in three districts — Hanumangarh, Bikaner and Jodhpur — of the state.

These power plants with a total capacity of 27.43 MW will be set up under Saur Krishi Aajeevika Yojana (PM Kusum). These plants will come up at Kolha village in Hanumangarh district, Malkisar-Gopalyan road, Naurangdesar and Rasisar villages in Bikaner district and Bhikamkor village in Jodhpur district and will cover 8 substations. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has prepared the action plan through NHLML, a special purpose vehicle of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), where solar panels will be installed along the national highways and express highways. The scheme will be developed on the basis of PPP (Public Private Partnership) mode. In the meeting, various issues related to the development of solar infrastructure and various topics related to national highways and express highways were discussed in detail between the NHAI and the state government.

Source : PTI

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