Delhi transport minister Kailash Gahlot recently said that the Delhi government is gearing up to introduce 1,000 electric buses in the national capital by the end of 2021..
At the recently held ETAuto EV Conclave, Mr Gahlot said that -“Delhi is the only state where the entire public transport is on CNG. We have already made an announcement that we will buy only electric buses for public transport henceforth. Towards the year-end we are looking at almost 900-1000 electric buses on Delhi roads.”
The Delhi government is in advanced stages for the procurement of 1,300 low-floor electric buses out of which vendors for 300 electric buses of DTC have already been finalised. These 12 meter low-floor air-conditioned buses would be equipped with state-of-the-art features like real-time passenger information system, CCTVs, panic buttons, GPS and other facilities, and would be friendly for specially skilled persons. Also, in the cluster model the Delhi government has already floated tenders for another 575 electric buses.
Arrangements have been done to ensure that no EV buyer has to visit the transport department to claim subsidy. The subsidy would be released in 4-5 working days through an absolutely paperless system.
