Gadkari calls to maintain equilibrium between ecology, environment and development

New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has emphasized maintaining equilibrium between ecology, environment, and development and said a one-sided approach to these issues will not beneficial to India.

Inaugurating ‘Industrial Decarbonization Summit 2022’ (IDS-2022) – Road Map for Carbon Neutrality by 2070 he said to overcome power shortage, it is essential to develop alternative fuels.

He said an eccentric one-sided approach in these issues is not beneficial for the country. Gadkari said in the coming days, we have to strengthen our economy and at the same time save the environment.

“Our priority is green hydrogen, by using Biotechnology we can increase the productivity of Biomass and by using Biomass we can make Bio-ethanol, Bio-LNG and Bio-CNG.

He said pollution will decrease by the usage of methanol and ethanol. The Minister said that a focused road map should be created and adequate research must be done so that we reduce our imports and increase exports.

The Summit will focus on a variety of research topics related to decarbonization, Climate Change including their management, Policy issues and Sustainability etc.

The outcome of the summit will help the organizers to develop roadmaps on how key innovative technologies can contribute to Decarbonization leading to energy transition for clean energy and managing air quality issues to prevent the impact of Climate Change.