New Patterns of Mobility for India Needed

Article no: EN20070227-Article-2.1-2007

New Patterns of Mobility for India Needed

India's state-sponsored car boom is inciting oil guzzling that the country cannot afford. India is in the grip of an impending energy crisis. It is consuming more oil than ever before, and the growing transport sector is guzzling a lot of this oil. The 2007-08 Union budget must address this linkage between vehicles and energy insecurity, according to a new study on fuel economy in the transport sector, released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). WDEV highlights the main findings.