印度要求更安全的卧铺公交车，并推出全球首个利用农废弃物生产的商业生物沥青。 India mandates safer sleeper buses and launches world’s first commercial bio-bitumen from farm waste.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari宣布了印度睡客车的新安全规则, 要求防火系统、配有锤子的紧急出口、紧急照明和司机潜伏警报。 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced new safety rules for sleeper buses in India, requiring fire detection systems, emergency exits with hammers, emergency lighting, and driver drowsiness alerts. 只有经认证的汽车制造商才能在中央监督和强制改造现有公共汽车的情况下,建造睡衣教练车。 Only accredited automobile manufacturers will be allowed to build sleeper coaches, with central oversight and mandatory retrofitting of existing buses. 在另一个发展中,印度成为第一个通过商业方式从农业废物中生产生物象素的国家,预计此举将在外汇中节省4 500卢比,减少污染,支持农村生计。 In a separate development, India became the first country to commercially produce bio-bitumen from agricultural waste, a move expected to save Rs 4,500 crore in foreign exchange, reduce pollution, and support rural livelihoods.