Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged drivers and owners of vehicles to get vehicle pollution level checked regularly. Take a pledge to keep the State clean and green. Chouhan was addressing a vehicle pollution awareness rally and mini marathon at TT Nagar Stadium here on Sunday. Vehicle pollution awareness rallies were taken out throughout the State on Sunday.
The CM said that air pollution due to vehicles is increasing. life will be endangered if it increases at this pace. He called for taking a pledge to ensure pollution-free environment for the next generation. Every citizen should contribute his mite. No one has any right to pollute the environment.
Chouhan administered the pledge to the people to decrease pollution, get vehicles checked for carbon emission regularly, avoid using vehicle one day every week, greater use of public transport vehicles and inform transport officer or any other competent authority about vehicles causing pollution.
lauding the Transport Department's initiative to provide free driving licences to women drivers, Chouhan said that women are making strides in every sector. The State Government has given 50 per cent reservation to women in local bodies and panchayats and 33 per cent in Government service. As a token, the CM distributed driving licences to 21 women.
Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh said that the State Government is making constant efforts to reduce vehicle pollution. In this regard, efforts have been made to make public transport convenient, which has yielded positive results. Now, 24 Volvo buses are plying daily on Bhopal-Indore Road.
This has reduced the number of taxis on this route. In deference to the wishes of the Chief Minister, the department has launched an initiative to give free driving licences to women for their empowerment.
A large number of school students, players and Army personnel participated in the rally and mini marathon. MP Alok Sanjar, MlA Rameshwar Sharma, Principal Secretary Transport SN Mishra, Transport Commissioner Shailendra Shrivastava were also present on the occasion.