Mooev

According to World Meteorological Organization (WMO) six of the warmest years ever recorded have all been years since 2015 with 2020, tied with 2016, being the hottest ever. One among the major sectors, Transportation contributes close to 11% of overall GHG emissions with heavy-duty commercial vehicles alone constituting close to 71% of the transportation emissions.

74% of vehicle particulate emissions in India come from Heavy-duty vehicle. A study from the Centre for Science and Environment finds that during the pandemic lockdown in March-April 2020 in Delhi-NCR, one of the major factors that led to the drop in pollution was a 97% reduction in overall traffic and 91% reduction in trucks and commercial vehicles entering the region.