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Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora with Nitin Dossa Western India Automobile Association Flag off the Stretch your Fuel Car Rally to create awareness among 90 lakhs Vehicle owners in the country in Mumbai India.
In the Picture :Ranjan Gosswami PCRA,Eddna Samuel MotifPR
December 02, 2007, Mumbai:
Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India, Shri Murli
Deora today, flagged off a Car Mileage Rally in Mumbai, a Rally with a
difference, not for the thrill & spike of speed, but for the spirit & cause of promoting fuel
efficiency in the country. The Rally saw a huge participation from all sections
of the society, from enthusiastic youngsters to ever-energetic senior citizens,
from self-motivated ladies to socially-responsible corporate leaders. While
flagging off the Mileage Rally, Shri Deora said, “More than 50% of the
petroleum products in our country are consumed in the transport sector. Fuel
Efficiency in driving therefore will surely lead to considerable reduction in
wasteful consumption of this precious product in transport sector”.
Fuel efficiency is not just your
car’s engine efficiency, but it is also your own efficient driving habits. By
adapting efficient driving habits, we can achieve up to 20% reduction in our
fuel consumption. It is just a matter of changing few of your driving habits. The
Rally was therefore won NOT by the driver who drove the fastest, but by the
driver who drove the wisest, who drove with maximum efficiency.
Petroleum Conservation Research
Association, under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India,
who is engaged in promoting fuel efficiency in the country in all sectors of
the economy, organized the Mileage Rally in association with Western India Automobile
Association and ONGC to encourage the car drivers in Mumbai towards better driving
tips and thereby achieve maximum mileage from their vehicles. What was most
significant of the Rally was that a large number of young Mumbaites attended it
that shows the concern of young Indians towards the concept of Fuel efficiency
in transport sector. Our country, spent Rs. 2,19,000 Crores last year on Crude
Import and with surmounting international crude oil price, the import bill this
year is expected to rise considerably. Fuel Efficiency in Transport Sector may surely
contribute towards neutralizing growth in international crude price.
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