Officials said that while
the Cabinet approved the proposal last year, the Transport Department has not made any provision in the budget to fund the subsidy, after which the Finance Department has advised it to prepare a scheme.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said with the addition of 400 new electric buses, Delhi has become the city with the maximum number of such buses on its roads.
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In the cluster model the Delhi government has already floated tenders for another 575 electric buses, Gahlot said while addressing the ETAuto EV Conclave.
Transport minister Kailash Gahlot
In a move to tackle CO2 emissions and improve air quality, the Delhi government is gearing up to introduce 1,000 electric buses in the national capital by the end of 2021, transport minister Kailash Gahlot said. Delhi is the only state where the entire public transport is on CNG. We have already made an announcement that we will buy only electric buses for public transport henceforth. Towards the year-end we are looking at almost 900-1000 electric buses on Delhi roads, the Minister said while addressing the ETAuto EV Conclave.