In order to bring down pollution levels in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government is planning to operate 700 electric buses in 14 major cities of the state. Earlier, the electric buses were running on roads across seven cities but now the government intends to provide this service to seven more cities. The cities to get electric buses for the first time are Moradabad, Jhansi, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur and Aligarh. The cities that will get additional buses are Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Mathura and Ghaziabad. More buses will be added to the fleet in the coming days and the routes will be upgraded to make buses run faster as well.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a statement, stated that the operation of electric buses based on advanced technology will significantly improve the traffic system in 14 major cities of the state. The government has also issued strict instructions to prepare charging stations at all selected locations for the operation of electric buses by April 30. Work has been initiated on the project by the Urban Transport Directorate after getting approval from the UP government.
“The work of providing 700 electric buses in 14 cities of UP will be completed by the end of October and passengers will get the facility of electric buses from the month of November.” – said Mr. Ajit Singh, Joint Secretary, Urban Transport Directorate.
