The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Tuesday said it has transported over 7.2 lakh vehicles using the Indian Railways in the last five years.
In 2020-21, more than 1.8 lakh vehicles took the rail route for transportation — nearly 13% of total sales in the same period, the highest-ever railway despatch by the company as against nearly 88,000 units in 2016-17, it said in a statement, adding that this has also helped the company offset over 3,200 MT of CO2 emissions, cumulatively.
The company has been progressively increasing use of railways for its vehicle transportation. The transportation by rail exceeded 1.8 lakh in 2020-21, which accounts for nearly 13% of total sales in the same period.
Kenichi Ayukawa, MD & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India, said, “The transportation of finished vehicles via Railways has many tangible benefits. It is a clean, environment friendly mode of transportation. It reduces congestion on highways and there is more space available to other vehicles. Therefore, as a conscious effort at Maruti Suzuki, we have taken important steps to enhance vehicle transportation via Railways.”
