BMTC cuts raw deal to go on eco-friendly bus ride?
BMTC cuts raw deal to go on eco-friendly bus ride?
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Feb 27, 2021, 06:00 IST
Transport utility offers good rate to pvt firms for e-buses that may run on losses
A consortium of government-owned NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd and
JBM Auto has bagged a mighty precious contract to supply 90
electric buses to the Bengaluru Metropolitan
Transport Corporation (
BMTC). The transport utility, which recently issued work orders, has made a generous offer to give Rs 9,180 per day per bus as operational expenditure, besides a capital investment of Rs 50 crore for charging infrastructure and electric buses (31-seater).