Government Shows Wheel Power: To Equip 111 Cities With 20,000 Buses, In Fillip For Green Mobility
by Arun Kumar Das - Feb 7, 2021 05:12 AM
BYDâs fleet of electric buses (BYD)
Snapshot
The government is not only buying the buses but also providing assistance to run them â in short, it will be providing the Capex and the Opex for the infrastructure.
Pitching for augmentation of city buses and urban green mobility, a scheme to induct over 20,000 city buses in more than five lakh plus population cities will be launched to strengthen organised city bus services and ease in living.
The initiative as part of the Budget proposal is estimated to cost Rs 18,000 crore and would cover a total 111 cities including Hilly/Union Territories/ North East State capital cities.