Maruti_Suzuki launches flex-fuel car in India

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari>>> launched Maruti Suzuki>>>'s first flex-fuel car, the Suzuki Wagon R Flex Fuel, at the 'India Goes Flex' event in New Delhi. Gadkari emphasized the critical need for India>>> to accelerate the adoption of alternative fuels and biofuels to combat air pollution and reduce its significant dependence on imported fossil fuels, which currently cost the nation Rs 22-23 lakh crore annually. He highlighted that the transport sector contributes approximately 40% of air pollution and stressed the importance of cleaner mobility solutions for environmental protection and achieving an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' (self-reliant India>>>). The event, also attended by Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri>>>, underscored the government's push for ethanol-based mobility and the growing importance of India>>>'s automobile industry, which has become the world's third-largest.