Cities focus on reducing vehicular emissions in fight against air pollution

Maharashtra’s new electric vehicle (EV) policy, which aims to have a 10 per cent share of electric vehicles among total vehicle registrations by 2025, will see a tremendous reduction in vehicular emissions, Dr V M Motghare, Joint Director, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) said.

“Vehicular emissions contribute 30-40 per cent to air pollution. Whatever funds we are getting from the government, we are trying to channel into the EV policy. This will result in a tremendous reduction in emissions and help achieve our target,” said Motghare, while addressing a webinar on Thursday on ‘Decoding Maharashtra’s City Action Plans – A status check.