Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has stressed the need for creation of energy from non-conventional sources and its optimum utilization. <br/><br/>He also called for conversion of knowledge into wealth and adoption of environment-friendly technology for providing basic civic amenities in the transparent and efficient manner. <br/><br/>He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the Smart and Sustainable City Summit in Nagpur today. The two-day summit was organized by Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Elets Technomedia Limited. <br/> <br/>The Minister further said that the Nagpur city is going to have vehicles running on different environment-friendly fuels including bio-ethanol, bio-C.N.G. and electrical energy within a span of three months and it would be the first city in the country to have such a distinction.<br/><br/>Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr. Devendra Fadnavis asserted the need to have peoples' participation in various development schemes under the Smart City Project. <br/><br/>He also said that the main objective of the project is to enhance the quality and standard of living of the people in the urban areas.

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has stressed the need for creation of energy from non-conventional sources and its optimum utilization. <br/><br/>He also called for conversion of knowledge into wealth and adoption of environment-friendly technology for providing basic civic amenities in the transparent and efficient manner. <br/><br/>He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the Smart and Sustainable City Summit in Nagpur today. The two-day summit was organized by Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Elets Technomedia Limited. <br/> <br/>The Minister further said that the Nagpur city is going to have vehicles running on different environment-friendly fuels including bio-ethanol, bio-C.N.G. and electrical energy within a span of three months and it would be the first city in the country to have such a distinction.<br/><br/>Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr. Devendra Fadnavis asserted the need to have peoples' participation in various development schemes under the Smart City Project. <br/><br/>He also said that the main objective of the project is to enhance the quality and standard of living of the people in the urban areas.