Caretaker Provincial Transport and Livestock Minister Ibrahim Hasan Murad said that the government was all set to launch electric bikes to prevent smog intensity.
He said that the E-bikes would be cost-effective and government employees would also be provided electric bikes on lease. Talking to a PTV news channel, he said that in an aim to reduce the usage of expensive fuel and protect the environment of the cities government has been introducing E-bike and safe city camera projects in which smoke-emitting vehicles will be detected by the cameras and immediate alerts were relayed to the field forces. The Electric Vehicles Policy is the need of the hour to promote a safe environment, local production of e-vehicles, providing incentives, with the ultimate goal of capturing a substantial share of the market, he added. E-bikes being zero-emission vehicles would use lithium-ion batteries which will emerge as a cost-effective and eco-friendly alternative to traditional transportation, he mentioned.
