PHA becomes first government department to give electric bikes to employees

The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) of Lahore has become the first government department to distribute eco-friendly electric bikes to its workforce. The first batch will be distributed on Monday.

PHA has taken the step in order to combat air pollution in Lahore which is at an all-time high since a few weeks. 25 e-bikes are to be given to the employees.

The Electric Vehicles Policy of Pakistan 2020-2025 also emphasised on providing incentives to promote local production of e-vehicles, with the ultimate goal of capturing a substantial share of the market.

The PHA has also undertaken a city-wide plantation drive, sowing millions of plants in far-flung as well as central Lahore neighborhoods to increase the green cover of the city.
Just last month, it entered into a partnership with a foreign business group to plant a million trees.

The Lahore High Court has already told the government to give bicycles to all government servants so that pollution and deadly smog could be curbed.