Chandigarh: The Punjab government has taken a major step towards introducing environment-friendly public transport in the state. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced the launch of e-vehicle service from Ludhiana and Jalandhar and e-auto service from Amritsar as a pilot project. Has been approved.
Presiding over a meeting here today to review various development projects in 47 cities of the State, the Chief Minister said that apart from providing good public transport facilities to the people, these facilities would also play an important role in protecting the environment.
E-Vehicle Service in Ludhiana and Jalandhar
CM said that e-vehicle service will be started in Ludhiana and Jalandhar and e-auto service in Amritsar as a pilot project. Bhagwant Mann expressed hope that these modes of public transport would also be helpful in solving the traffic problem in these cities.
The Chief Minister further said that the State Government would soon start a pilot project in Bathinda and Patiala districts to solve the problem of stray cattle. He said that this would bring great relief to the people as it would help in saving their precious lives. Bhagwant Mann said that due to fatal road accidents caused by stray animals, there is a great danger to the lives of the people.
The Chief Minister said that for the first time, the state government has implemented a project to assess the need of work through ‘Artificial Intelligence’ to ascertain the need for carrying out any development work. He said that it has been started in Amritsar as a pilot project.
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