India to Roll Out Green Hydrogen Trucks on Key Highways
Ten Routes Identified, Including Bhubaneswar-Puri-Konark Stretch
Bhubaneswar : The Government of India has announced plans to introduce green hydrogen-powered trucks across the country in a bid to reduce vehicular pollution. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that ten national highway stretches have been identified for the initiative. Among them is the Bhubaneswar-Puri-Konark route, along with Greater Noida-Delhi-Agra, Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Surat, Sahibabad-Faridabad-Delhi, Jamshedpur-Kalinganagar, Thiruvananthapuram-Kochi, and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad.
These routes will be equipped with hydrogen filling stations to be set up by Indian Oil and Reliance Petroleum. Major automobile manufacturers such as Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, and Volvo have already begun developing trucks designed to run on hydrogen fuel.
Gadkari emphasized that climate change poses a major challenge to India, which aspires to become a \$5 trillion economy and a global exporter of green hydrogen. He also noted that India’s logistics costs, previously 14–16% of GDP, have already fallen by 6% and are expected to reach single digits by December this year.
A joint study by IIT Bangalore, IIT Chennai, and IIT Kanpur confirmed the reduction in transport costs, putting India on track to become the world’s leading automobile hub within the next five years.
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