Gadkari says promote hydrogen fuel, ease reliance on petrol products

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said to reduce the dependency on imported petroleum products, the country should march towards running trains, airplanes, vehicles and factories on hydrogen fuel.

Gadkari was delivering a lecture on the topic, “Atmanirbhar Bharat ki aur badte kadam” organised by Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalay here.

Today, we can run a car by separating hydrogen from water. I myself use a car that runs on hydrogen fuel, and it doesn’t make any noise or emanate smoke, said the Union minister for surface transport and highways.

In days to come, steps should be taken to run trains, airplanes, trucks and buses and especially factories producing chemicals and cement using an alternate energy source like hydrogen and research should be done in this field, he said.