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Amit Bhatt

Amit Bhatt

Amit Bhatt is the director- integrated transport, WRI India

Articles by Amit Bhatt

A Delhi template for the electrification of transport

The most important shift in the new draft is the move from incentives alone to regulatory measures. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Apr 13, 2026 15:19 IST

Remote sensing can help in NCR’s pollution battle

Delhi’s air pollution is driven by particulate matter, especially PM2.5. But the existing Pollution Under Control (PUC) system for vehicular emissions does not measure PM2.5 at all. (HT Archive)

Updated on Mar 19, 2026 15:25 IST

Reimagining transport policy to check pollution in Delhi-NCR

NO₂ is part of a group of gases known as nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) which includes nitric oxide (NO), another major pollutant from vehicles. (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 2, 2025 16:42 IST

Rewriting India’s transport future

India now has the chance to leapfrog the diesel-dependent model and build a greener logistics backbone (Bloomberg)

Updated on Aug 24, 2025 14:16 IST

ELV to EV: What clean mobility policy must do

Delhi and India more broadly need structural policies that accelerate the transition to clean electric vehicles (EVs). (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jul 11, 2025 15:09 IST

Putting India on the path to meaningful EV adoption

New Delhi/India - Aug 8 2020 : Drivers charging their Electric Car , this Charging stations around government offices have been used by government fleet vehicles, (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 21, 2024 14:58 IST

Need to read vehicular emissions right in NCR

Pollution-under-control testing is conducted in idle conditions and doesn’t capture key pollutants like nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Updated on Aug 29, 2024 15:20 IST

Clearing the air: GPS could become handy

GNSS enables regulatory interventions like low-emission zones

Updated on Mar 20, 2024 16:16 IST

EVs are still the best bet to cut transport emission

A 2018 study by the Automotive Research Association of India and The Energy and Resources Institute identified motor vehicle exhaust as the primary source of air pollutants in Delhi. (Biplov Bhuyan/HT Archive)

Updated on Feb 22, 2023 14:09 IST

Why on-road safety must supersede vehicular speed in Gurugram

File photo of commuters at Rajiv Chowk, in Gurugram.

Updated on Apr 4, 2020 14:07 IST

We need to reasses how to observe road safety week

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Updated on Jan 8, 2020 11:36 IST

Metro vs bus: Integrated public transport system need of the hour

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Updated on Dec 17, 2019 18:27 IST

City planners need to work on safe movement of women

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Updated on Dec 10, 2019 15:23 IST

Creating infra to provide safe commute for children will improve road safety for all

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Updated on Dec 3, 2019 18:24 IST

Haryana cannot afford to lose any more pedestrian lives on its roads

Research shows that the bulk of pedestrian deaths happen while they are crossing the road.

Updated on Nov 27, 2019 07:45 IST

Let’s curb pollution, a silent killer, for our children’s sake

A child at the protest against growing air pollution in Gurugram, at Leisure Valley Park, Sector 29, in Gurugram, on Sunday, November 17, 2019.

Updated on Nov 20, 2019 02:39 IST

Gurugram must study Delhi’s free public transport scheme for women to make transportation affordable for all

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Updated on Nov 12, 2019 18:32 IST

Mexico City can show us the way in tackling increasing air pollution

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Updated on Oct 15, 2019 18:24 IST

Gurugram draft mobility plan must address regional connectivity issues

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Updated on Oct 1, 2019 17:26 IST

The success of Gurugram comprehensive mobility plan depends on implementation

An Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP) for the Gurgaon Manesar Urban Complex was prepared almost a decade back.

Updated on Sep 18, 2019 02:21 IST

Expensive mistakes: High cost, low ridership, location ensured failure of the Rapid Metro | Opinion

A Rapid Metro train running on its tracks at near Cyber City, in Gurugram.

Updated on Sep 13, 2019 01:01 IST

Policy, pricing and reform — keys to address parking woes in cities

The SC recently made an observation in its judgement about the fights over the issue of parking of vehicles in neighbourhoods.

Updated on Sep 4, 2019 04:52 IST

Substantive planning needed for introduction of electric buses

The city can leverage the deployment of electric buses to increase the public transport network in the city, provided it can address three fundamental issues.

Updated on Aug 28, 2019 04:03 IST

Decision to install traffic lights in Gurugram a step in the right direction

Smart traffic signals light installed at Kanhai chowk near Huda City Centre metro station, in Gurugram.

Updated on Aug 21, 2019 07:04 IST

Respect natural topography of city to deal with monsoon woes

Vehicles wade through a waterlogged road after rains, at IFFCO Chowk, in Gurugram, on Tuesday, 6 August 2019.

Updated on Aug 7, 2019 06:35 IST

It is time to re-examine our traditional approach to road safety

Golf Course Road in Gurugram has almost 16 lanes for motor vehicles but not even 16 inches for pedestrians.

Updated on Jul 31, 2019 09:09 IST

Raahgiri is a public movement,a platform for positive change |Opinion

These residents were inspired by Ciclovia, a weekly open street event in Bogota, Colombia, and the Raahgiri Day was born.

Updated on Jul 24, 2019 03:00 IST

To build Gurugram of tomorrow, the city must move out of cars

Speed is the biggest reason why India, unfortunately, ranks number one in the world on bad road safety.

Updated on Jul 17, 2019 02:17 IST

Optimise budget push to electric vehicles with mobility innovation

Currently, electric vehicles have a high upfront cost, but their operation cost is low. This makes them a perfect case for shared mobility and what better form of shared mobility than buses. Image used for representational purpose only.

Updated on Jul 10, 2019 02:31 IST

For Gurugaman to work, improve the quality and quantity of buses

Gurugaman, Gurugram’s city bus service is a good start but a lot needs to be done if the buses are to become a preferred mode of transport in the city.

Updated on Jul 3, 2019 02:19 IST

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