By leveraging railway transport, the facility seeks to diminish fossil fuel consumption and mitigate traffic congestion on roads.Upon reaching full operational capacity, the railway siding in Gujarat will facilitate the dispatch of 3 lakh cars annually to 15 destinations across India.
Other key benefits of this new initiative includes the cut down of annual carbon emission by up to 1,650 MT. More so, as the railway siding will be fully electric. Besides that, it will also ensure that the railway transportation will ensure that the truck trips made to transport cars will be cut down by up to 50,000 trips per year, thus saving 35 million of fossil fuels per annum.
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Using this network, the MSIL plant will be connected to 15 destinations and aprox 300 cities. Hisashi Takeuchi, Managing Director & CEO, MSIL, spoke about the pivotal role of the in-plant railway facility in MSIL’s ambitious growth plans, aiming to double production capacity from 2 million units annually to 4 million units by 2030-31.
While the central government has been pushing to decarbonize the transport sector with its constant push on the adoption of electric vehicles, it is worthy to note that the government is taking a holistic approach on the matter and is making efforts to cut down carbon footprint which in many cases isn’t visible to the common man.
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