Nitin Gadkari announced that the government vehicles will become junk in so many days

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday that all vehicles which have completed 15 years of Government of India will be scrapped. He said that a policy in this regard has been sent to the states. Gadkari was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the annual 'Agro-Vision' agriculture exhibition in Nagpur.

Union Minister said, “Yesterday, I signed a file under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that all vehicles of Government of India which have completed 15 years will be sent to scrap. I have conveyed this policy of Government of India to all the states They should adopt this policy at the state level."

Addressing the gathering, Gadkari said that two plants of Indian Oil at Panipat are almost operational. One of which will produce one lakh liters of ethanol per day, while the other will produce 150 tonnes of bio-bitumen per day using rice straw. He said this is a big change as Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other rice growing parts of the country, where burning of rice straw causes pollution. Now rice straw will be used to make ethanol and bio bitumen.

Nitin Gadkari also mentioned about another project of Indian Oil in Assam where bioethanol will be produced. Gadkari said, "Bamboo will be cultivated on barren land, from which bioethanol will be produced. Our farmers will not only remain food providers, but they will also become energy providers." Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was the chief guest at the event, and appreciated Gadkari's efforts.