Lucknow, May 12 (PTI) Acting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for reducing fuel consumption and promoting resource conservation, Lucknow Mayor Sushma Kharkwal on Tuesday directed municipal officials to surrender extra official vehicles and advised staff to carry lunch from home to cut unnecessary fuel use.
In a letter to Municipal Commissioner Gaurav Kumar, the mayor ordered that officials and engineers currently allotted two municipal vehicles must immediately surrender one and retain only a single vehicle to ensure rational use of fuel, according to an official statement.
Aimed at reducing avoidable vehicle movement and fuel consumption, she also instructed department heads to ask employees to avoid returning home during lunch hours and instead bring food from home, it stated.
Reiterating austerity within the system, Kharkwal further directed that official vehicles be allotted strictly according to eligibility rules.
The mayor also set an example by ordering the withdrawal of one of the two official vehicles allotted to her, according to the statement.
The measures follow the prime minister’s appeal made in the context of the ongoing conflict in West Asia, urging citizens and institutions to minimise the use of fuels such as petrol and diesel, avoid foreign travel, purchase of gold and other measures to save foreign exchange.
The municipal commissioner has been asked to ensure strict implementation of the directives and submit a compliance report, the statement added. PTI KIS KSS KSS
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