To scale back carbon emission and minimize transportation prices the civil aviation ministry has standardized the tools used for ground-handling companies and has allowed electric automobiles for transportation and different allied companies, Parliament was knowledgeable on February 7.
Currently, a complete of 403 electric automobiles are at present deployed throughout 26 airports within the nation, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V Ok Singh mentioned in a written reply to a question within the Rajya Sabha.
“At present, 119 electrical vehicles at Bengaluru airport, 71 at Chennai airport, 65 at Hyderabad airport, 50 at Kolkata airport, 38 at IGI Airport-Delhi, nine each at Goa and Pune airports, eight at Kannur airport and six at Vijayawada airport…Are being used,” Singh mentioned.
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Four EVs every are getting used at Indore and Calicut airports, aside from three at Agartala airport, two every at Patna, Coimbatore and Madurai airports and one every at Khajuraho, Udaipur, Varanasi, Amritsar, Juhu, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Raipur, Ranchi and Visakhapatnam airports.
The civil aviation ministry has standardized the tools used for floor dealing with companies, whereby electrical pushed automobiles are launched for transportation and different allied companies to keep away from air pollution and to cut back expenditure on transportation at main airports, he mentioned.
With inputs from PTI
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