Gävle, Sweden
Photo: Tobias Ohls 2016
NEW DELHI: India may also have an ‘electric highway‘ stretch, similar to the one inaugurated in Sweden recently, with help from the Scandinavian country, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
“We have sought a proposal from Sweden to build electric highway here, where we can run trucks and such vehicles in open traffic,” Gadkari told .
Gadkari said he had held talks in this connection with a Swedish delegation, led by Minister for Enterprise & Innovation, Mikael Damberg, which called on him after participating in the first meeting of the India-Sweden Business Leaders’ Roundtable.
Gadkari said the present government’s emphasis is to promote bio-fuel and electric cars to prevent pollution as well as develop cheaper mode of transportation.
The Minister also said that he has sought Sweden’s cooperation in forming joint ventures for Indian companies for testing of vehicles which is being given high priority.
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