NEW DELHI: Urban flooding is becoming a fixture in India’s monsoon reality and many drivers assume that electric vehicles are the first to fail because of their batteries. But automotive engineers say it’s the reverse.Every monsoon, the story is the same. Sheets of water swallow up roads, underpasses become lakes and motorists nervously pick their…
BMC’s garbage collection vehicle Bhubaneswar: Fuel rationing could hit sanitation services, fear Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), prompting it to urge oil companies to exempt it from the Centre’s 200-litre daily cap under austerity guidelines. The BMC, which requires around 2,000 litres a day, is apprehensive the limit would shrink its operations to just 10%. The…
Bhubaneswar: The staff at Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have decided to use electric vehicles (EVs), replacing a significant share of its 90 diesel-run vehicles used for official and field work.BMC officials on Friday said that the move was aimed at promoting green mobility and reducing dependence on fossil fuels, given the current situation, and supporting…
