Electric buses developed by ISRO to ferry Members of Parliament to check pollution in Delhi

#airpollution #NarendraModi #nitingadkari In order to check pollution in the capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has plans to gift two electric buses for Members of Parliament that will help them play their part in preventing choking of the national capital. The PM will donate these two electric buses to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on December 21 - this has been informed by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari as reported in ibnlive.com dated 15 December 2015.

These lithium-ion-powered buses will run on the same battery that is used to propel satellites made by Indian Space and Research Organization. The batteries have been made by ISRO scientists, in collaboration with the ministry and other wings - each battery costs Rs 5 lakh -- about a tenth of the astronomical Rs 55 lakh for imported ones.
These electric buses is a part of the Prime Minister's 'Make in India' drive and that such vehicles will be commercialized for which patents have been registered. The initial plan is to run 15 such buses on Delhi roads as a pilot project initially and, the same would be replicated later at other places.
Pollution is a major issue which concerns the government deeply and the ministry is committed to addressing all such issues related to Delhi within two years is how Nitn Gadkari has put it. The basic idea is to minimize pollution not just Delhi but also in all parts of the country.
A long term plan is to convert 1.5 lakh diesel-run buses in the country to electric.
A bio-CNG plant will be encouraged in Nagpur and necessary methane can be extracted from sewage water to produce bio-CNG for running buses. Moreover, farmers will be encouraged to diversify towards production of bio-fuel from sugar and other products. Such actions can reap rich dividends and contribute significantly to the economic development of the country also.

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The subject of canteen subsidy for Members of Parliament who have assets worth crores of rupees had come up for severe criticism from all quarters. The revelation was a result of an RTI and, embarrassed MPs feel that the subsidy can be done away with.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 5 July 2015.

Incidentally, in the 16th Lok Sabha (current one), in the 543 member-house, 449 members have assets worth Rs 1 crore or more. This is up from 315 in 2009 while in 2004, there were just 156 ‘crorepati’ MPs. An indication of how our Members of Parliament have prospered within the last 10-years, irrespective of their party affiliations.
The MPs had been gorging on cheap food at the Parliament House canteen and many of them now feel that the incident had given them a bad publicity.
The RTI query had recently brought to light the fact that the government faced a loss of around Rs. 14 crore (over $2 million) in 2013-14 because of subsidy at the more than half-a-dozen canteens in the parliament complex.
As things stand, an MP can sit down for a three-course lunch at the parliament canteen for just Rs 38 which in unthinkable in any eatery outside.
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