NEW DELHI: The government will roll out a comprehensive policy to reduce air pollution in Indian cities by promoting shared mobility and pushing usage of electric vehicles , which don’t emit pollutants directly. Sources said some of the announcements would happened during the two-day international ‘MOVE’ summit scheduled here later next week.

The summit, which will see the participation of heads of all major automobile and transport technology firms, will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet ministers. NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said 15 states have already submitted their proposal to improve the transport sector. “We will have announcements of some important policies during the summit...in depth studies have been conducted. The focus is to shifting from owning a car to sharing a ride,” he added.

He added that asking people to stop using their private vehicle does not work until and unless there is adequate public transport to meet the requirement.

The global summit will see over 1,200 participants from across the globe including government and industry leaders, research organisations, academia, think tanks and civil society organisations.

