Maruti Dispatches 5.2 Lakh Vehicles Through Railways In FY25 As Part Of Green Drive

New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India Limited dispatched a report collection of 5.18 lakh cars thru Indian Railways within the monetary yr 2024-25, as a part of its dedication to enhance inexperienced logistics, in step with an organization commentary issued on Thursday. Maruti Suzuki recently dispatches cars to greater than 20 hubs the usage of railways, from the place over 600 towns throughout India are served. Port places of Mundra and Pipavav, utilized by the corporate for exports, also are served the usage of railways.

On the milestone, Maruti Suzuki Managing Director and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi mentioned: “Reducing carbon emissions is a top priority for us, both in our products and in our operations. Maruti Suzuki was the first company in India to obtain an Automobile-Freight-Train-Operator license in 2013. Since then, we have dispatched nearly 24 lakh vehicles through rail mode. By FY 2030-31, we plan to increase the share of vehicle dispatches through railways to 35 per cent.”

Since FY 2014-15, Maruti Suzuki automobile dispatches thru railways have grown through just about 8 occasions. In 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first car in-plant railway siding on the Gujarat production facility of the corporate. Currently, Maruti Suzuki operates over 40 flexi deck rakes, each and every with a capability of sporting round 300 cars in step with go back and forth, the corporate commentary mentioned.

The 24 lakh (2.4 million) cars dispatched through Maruti Suzuki cumulatively thru railways since FY 2014-15, have helped to steer clear of over 1.8 lakh tonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide an identical) emission and stored greater than 630 lakh (63 million) litres of gasoline, it added.

Meanwhile, the shipment carried through Indian Railways has greater from 1,055 million tonnes in 2013-14 to 1,617 million heaps in 2024-25, making it the second one greatest shipment sporting railway on the earth. 

Using the computations completed through professionals, this shift of shipment from street to rail has helped the rustic save over 143 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, which is the an identical of planting 121 crore timber.