A few days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to reduce fuel consumption. In this sequence, many ministers have reduced the size of their convoy. Meanwhile, today Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis reached Vidhan Bhavan on a motorcycle on Thursday. He arrived here to attend the swearing-in ceremony of new Legislative Council members. The move is part of the measures taken following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to reduce fuel consumption.
chose to walk to the ministry
Fadnavis reached Vidhan Bhawan in South Mumbai on a motorcycle from his residence ‘Varsha’. He was also accompanied by BJP leader and minister Ashish Shelar. Taking a similar step to save fuel, Minister of State Nitish Rane chose to walk to Mantralaya (State Secretariat) to attend the Cabinet meeting. On Wednesday, Chief Minister Fadnavis announced a series of austerity measures, including halving the number of vehicles in the convoys of his cabinet colleagues and canceling foreign tours of ministers and officials.
Instructed to reduce the number of vehicles
At the same time, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. After Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, state Information and Human Resource Development Minister Nara Lokesh and other ministers have also decided to reduce the size of their convoys in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for fuel conservation in view of the ongoing conflict in West Asia. Chief Minister Naidu’s son Lokesh on Thursday directed his security staff to reduce the number of vehicles in his convoy by 50 per cent.
This decision will mean that his convoy will have only two vehicles. On Wednesday, Chief Minister Naidu directed officials to reduce the number of vehicles in convoy by 50 per cent during district tours as part of efforts to reduce fuel consumption. At the same time, Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai has written a letter to the Chief Secretary of Bihar requesting to reduce the number of vehicles in the security arrangements during the visit of Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai. This request has been made after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to reduce the size of the convoy to save fuel.