Nitin Gadkari Claims Petrol Won't Be Used In India After 5 Years - Report

Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari was recently conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (DSc), and at the event, the Union Minister claimed that India won't have Petrol in use within the next 5 years. According to a report, Gadkari claimed that all the Petrol in India will run out in the next 5 years, post which the fossil fuel will be banned in the country.

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The report further claimed that Nitin Gadkari suggested that the country will soon shift to green fuels as an alternative to Petrol, and this will also include bio-fuels. Gadkari gave the example of bio-ethanol, which is being made in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha district by farmers, and said that farmers can contribute by being energy providers, and not just food providers. He also said that green hydrogen can also be used as an alternative fuel, and can be made from deep well water and sold for Rs. 70 per kg.

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Gadkari has been an open advocate of using electricity and alternative fuels to power vehicles. The Union Minister recently also claimed that cost of EVs will be at par with petrol-run cars within the next two years, and also launched a pilot study on Toyota's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV), the Mirai. How many of these claims materialise though, remains to be seen.