KOLKATA: Ola, India’s most popular mobile app for transportation, today shared details on how its shared mobility solutions are making a significant contribution towards reducing vehicular pollution and addressing traffic congestion in cities across India. As per the latest statistics put together by the Company, Ola Share, India’s first social ride-sharing platform helped keep 1,38,996 vehicles off the road in Kolkata, since its launch in January 2016. Apart from lowering the number of cars hitting the road, Ola Share also helped bring down CO2 emission levels by 1,70,580 kilograms as well as saving 71,076 litres of fuel because of users opting for shared rides on the Ola platform across the city. Raghuvesh Sarup, Head of Categories & CMO at Ola said, “Shared Mobility is the future of transportation in India and Ola Share has enabled citizens to share their rides and pay only a fraction of the actual trip cost while contributing towards reduction in vehicular pollution and congestion in their city. Ola Share has emerged as the most friendly ride sharing solution in India in addition to being the most eco-friendly and most pocket-friendly.” Sarup added, “At Ola, our mission is to build mobility for a billion people, and I am excited that growing adoption of shared mobility solutions like Ola Share by eco-friendly citizens of India, will form a large part of this while caring for the environment. Ola Share has helped save several million car rides and more than 71 thousand litres of fuel. Importantly, Ola Share has prevented emission of over 48 lakh kilograms of CO2 pan India, that’s as much as the weight of 1200 Indian elephants!”
Yesterday Ola, India’s biggest ride-hail service, claimed that its carpool product, Ola Share, has taken 1,38,996 vehicles off the roads in Calcutta since its launch in January, which it says has brought down CO2 emission levels by 1,70,580kg as well as saving 71,076 litres of fuel. Ola executive, Raghuvesh Sarup, said: "Shared mobility is the future of transportation in India and Ola Share has enabled citizens to share their rides and pay only a fraction of the actual trip cost while contributing towards reduction in vehicular pollution and congestion in their city”.