Tata Motors, on Tuesday, launched Re.Wi.Re (Recycle with Respect), its first Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF) in Jaipur of Rajasthan.
The facility claims to have the ability to scrap 15,000 vehicles per annum.
The company said Re.Wi.Re follows world-class, eco-friendly processes for safe and sustainable dismantling of end-of-life vehicle.
The facility is designed to dismantle end-of-life passenger and commercial vehicles of all brands and ensures de-pollutioning. It has dedicated stations for safe dismantling of components such as tyres, batteries, fuel, oils, liquids and gases.
The company assured that the vehicles that will be brought into this facility will go through a "stringent documentation and dismantling process, curated individually for passenger and commercial vehicle requirements."
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, who inaugurated the facility, said the National Vehicle Scrappage Policy was introduced to promote circular economy by creating an ecosystem for phasing out unfit and polluting vehicles and to achieve a lower carbon footprint in the country by replacing them with greener and more fuel efficient vehicles. He congratulated Tata Motors for setting up the facility and added that the government is "working towards positioning India as a vehicle scrapping hub for the entire South Asian region and need more such state-of-the-art scrapping and recycling units in India.”
Tata Motors executive director Girish Wagh said the auto major plans to set up Re.Wi.Re facilities across the country. "These decentralised facilities will benefit the customers, share the economic value generated, create employment while addressing the need of scrapping vehicles in every part of the country in an eco-friendly manner," he said.
