{"id":19403,"date":"2025-09-17T12:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19403"},"modified":"2025-09-17T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:04:13","slug":"punjab-sees-record-e-bike-surge-under-green-credit-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19403","title":{"rendered":"Punjab sees record e-bike surge under Green Credit programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Lahore has recorded a sharp rise in electric motorcycle (e-bike) registrations, with 755 new entries last month taking the total to 1,248 under the Chief Minister\u2019s Green Credit Programme.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is central to the Punjab government\u2019s target of converting 30% of transport to electric by 2030, a move environmental experts describe as a key step toward cleaner, quieter cities.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Department spokesperson Sajid Bashir said e-bikes are already reducing noise, smoke and traffic congestion.<\/p>\n<p>Buyers receive a Rs100,000 subsidy in two instalments: Rs50,000 at purchase and another Rs50,000 after riding 6,000 kilometres within six months, verified through the Green Credit App.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Citizens switching to e-bikes offered Rs100k<\/p>\n<p>Experts estimate that the broad adoption of e-bikes could cut thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this progress, Punjab continues to battle severe air pollution. In a recent operation, the Environment Department and the Lahore Transport Authority intercepted a trailer near Thokar Niaz Baig carrying 41 tonnes of used tyres illegally transported from Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the tyres were bound for pyro plants, where burning them for factory and steel mill fuel releases toxic emissions, worsens smog and threatens public health.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Director of Environment Ali Ejaz warned that the practice causes long-term environmental damage and urged strict enforcement to curb it.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore has recorded a sharp rise in electric motorcycle (e-bike) registrations, with 755 new entries last month taking the total to 1,248 under the Chief Minister\u2019s Green Credit Programme. The initiative is central to the Punjab government\u2019s target of converting 30% of transport to electric by 2030, a move environmental experts describe as a key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}