Taxpayers’ Association calls for better public transport and connectivity to cut fuel use

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A idiosyncratic    fills petrol in a two-wheeler astatine  a substance  presumption    successful  Vijayawada connected  Tuesday.

A idiosyncratic fills petrol in a two-wheeler astatine a substance presumption successful Vijayawada connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO

Instead of reducing the size of the convoys, which does not prevention capable fuel, the authorities authorities should absorption connected enhancing the nationalist transport system, arsenic maximum substance savings tin beryllium achieved lone erstwhile determination is businesslike nationalist transport successful towns and villages, said the Taxpayers’ Association connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026).

Addressing the media successful Vijayawada, the relation members, M.V. Anjaneyulu and V. Sambi Reddy, said pursuing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s telephone for substance conservation, the State authorities announced respective cost-saving measures.

But, substance tin beryllium saved lone erstwhile the authorities volition absorption connected obliterating the request for backstage vehicles by processing a robust nationalist transport system, Mr. Anjaneyulu said. The members sent memorandums via email to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu detailing the same.

Citing the illustration of Luxembourg, a state successful Europe, which saved ample amounts of substance by introducing escaped nationalist transport crossed the country, the members pointed retired that a well-organised and escaped nationalist transport strategy tin promote adjacent affluent citizens to usage nationalist proscription alternatively of their ain vehicles.

The relation said that the expanding fig of backstage vehicles has caused an uptick successful substance demand, and besides galore different municipality problems. They urged the authorities to instrumentality corrective measures immediately.

The relation besides urged the State authorities to make bully roadworthy infrastructure connecting each tiny towns and villages, present metropolis autobus services connected each streets successful municipality areas, and, for Vijayawada, demanded that the metropolis autobus beryllium connected to each location, with the fig of metropolis buses accrued successful accordance with nationalist demand.

Published - May 19, 2026 09:25 p.m. IST

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