Delhi LG, CM flag off 500 electric buses
The Hindu
Delhi flags off 500 electric buses, taking total to 1,300; 800 buses have covered 42 million km, cutting 34,000 tonnes of CO2.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 500 electric buses here on Thursday, taking the number of such buses in the national capital to 1,300.
In a post on 'X', Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said no other city in the country has so many electric buses plying.
"Delhi will now have maximum number of electric buses in the country," he said.
As many as 800 electric buses have been plying on Delhi roads since January 2022. These buses have covered a distance of more than 42 million kilometres and cut more than 34,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide so far, an official said.
By 2025, Delhi will have a total of 10,480 buses with electric ones making up 80 per cent of the fleet. This will help cut 4.67 lakh tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, according to the official.
The new buses are disabled-friendly, air-conditioned, emit zero smoke and noise, and are equipped with GPS, CCTVs and panic buttons.
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