{"id":72419,"date":"2023-05-11T08:21:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/?p=72419"},"modified":"2023-05-11T08:21:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:51:04","slug":"mr-nitin-gadkari-emphasises-the-need-to-develop-new-indigenous-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/mr-nitin-gadkari-emphasises-the-need-to-develop-new-indigenous-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Nitin Gadkari emphasises the need to develop new indigenous technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Scrapping older vehicles in India can help reduce the country&#8217;s import dependence on metals such as aluminium and copper. These metals can be extracted from old vehicles and recycled into new products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Conserve natural resources<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Recycling of metals reduces the country&#8217;s import bill, helps conserve natural resources, and reduces pollution associated with mining and processing new metals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More : <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/the-rise-of-unauthorised-multi-brand-outlets-in-india-is-a-great-concern\/\">Rise of Multi Brand Outlets in India is great concern<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari correctly emphasises the need to develop new indigenous technologies related to energy and electric highways. Such technologies can help reduce India&#8217;s dependence on fossil fuels and promote renewable energy sources.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-72421 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nitin_Gadkari-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nitin_Gadkari-1\" width=\"638\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nitin_Gadkari-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nitin_Gadkari-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nitin_Gadkari-1-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nitin_Gadkari-1-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nitin_Gadkari-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nitin_Gadkari-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mr Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport &amp; Highways in the Government of India<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sustainable<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Additionally, using wastelands from mining activities sustainably can provide opportunities to develop green infrastructure, such as parks, solar farms, and wind farms. This can contribute to the country&#8217;s combatting climate change and promoting sustainable development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He mentioned materials such as aluminium, copper, steel, rubber, and plastic can be recycled. This implies that promoting the use of recycled materials in the construction and maintenance of highways could also be an essential factor in reducing the environmental impact of transportation infrastructure in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">9% reduction<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/industry\/scrapping-of-vehicles-will-reduce-metals-and-rubber-import-nitin-gadkari\/100146402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ETAuto<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, &#8221; By new roads and changes in fuel, our target is to reduce it to 9%. This will increase our exports and is an opportunity to India.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,39],"tags":[25582,66,25581,25583,25584],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72422,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72419\/revisions\/72422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}