Number of Electric Buses in the national capital Delhi increased to 1650
According to sources delhi Lieutenant governor Vinay Saxena and delhi Chief minister arvind kejriwal on wednesday flagged off 350 e-buses for the national capital. With this, delhi has become the third city in the world in terms of fleet of electric buses.
Meanwhile with the arrival of 350 electric buses on the roads of delhi on wednesday, the number of electric buses in the national capital has now increased to 1650. The aam aadmi party government in delhi has set a target to include 2940 new electric buses in the cluster fleet by the end of 2025. For this, tender is already going on for the purchase of EV buses.
According to delhi Transport minister Kailash Gehlot, he has had a meeting with officials of companies preparing to bring electric buses on the roads of the capital. He has also given instructions to e-bus manufacturing companies to speed up the supply of EV buses. Let us tell you that in view of air pollution in delhi, delhi government is working on a strategy to promote the use of electric vehicles. delhi has also benefited from this. people of delhi have started showing interest in purchasing electric vehicles. At present, there are more vehicles in the capital delhi than any other state in the country. In the capital alone, more than 10 percent of the total electric vehicles in the country are in Delhi.