Hydrogen fuel of future: Gadkari

Hailing hydrogen as the “fuel of the future”, Union minister Nitin Gadkari asserted that vehicles in the country would run on green fuels in the coming years.

Addressing an election rally in support of BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh in Begusarai, Gadkari said, “India imports fossil fuel every year… soon, our farmers will produce green fuels.”

Gadkari asserted that ethanol industry is a boon for the farmers and demand for it will increase which will change the agro-economy of the country.

The coming years will create job opportunities in the agriculture sector, which will benefit farmers of Bihar as well, he said.

“Hydrogen is the fuel of the future and vehicles in the country will run on green fuels in the coming years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working for the overall development of the country as well as for the welfare of the farmers,” he said.

“Increased demand for ethanol will change the agro-economy of the country… this will make farmers ‘urjadata’ (providers of energy) they will no longer remain ‘annadata’ (providers of food),” he said.

Gadkari asserted that ethanol industry is a boon for the farmers and demand for it will increase which will change the agro-economy of the country.

“I want motorcycles, e-rickshaws, auto-rickshaws and cars to be 100 per cent ethanol-based in the next few years,” Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, said.

The coming years will create job opportunities in the agriculture sector, which will benefit farmers of Bihar as well, he said.