80% of Delhi’s bus fleet will run on electric by 2025, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, asserting that acquisition of e-buses will go a long way in reducing pollution in the national capital. Sharing a roadmap for procurement of electric buses, Arvind Kejriwal said the government will be buying 1,500 such buses in 2023 and by 2025, 6,380 electric buses will be procure.
Arvind Kejriwal Said :
“We have 300 electric buses now. Delhi has 7,379 buses plying on its roads currently which is the highest number of buses plying on the roads in the last 75 years. New buses were not purchased for many years and we were also questioned over it,”.
Arvind Kejriwal said at a ceremony at the Rajghat Depot to flag off 50 electric buses.
Out of the 7,379 buses, more than 4,000 are being operated by the Delhi Transport Corporation and over 3,000 through the DIMTS, Arvind Kejriwal said.
Arvind Kejriwal also share that nearly 100 electric feeder buses were being operate by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
But as it could not run them, the Delhi government is taking over the corporation’s bus fleet, Arvind Kejriwal said.
Arvind Kejriwal Said :
“By 2025, over 10,000 buses will be there on Delhi’s roads and 80 percent of them will be electric. This is a huge step in reducing pollution,”.
Chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal also said the process installing charging points for e-buses at depots is going on and three already have the facility.
Arvind Kejriwal Said :
“By June this year, the work of electrification of 17 bus depots will be completed and by December, 36 bus depots will be electrified,”.
The electric buses are equip with facilities like panic buttons, GPS, cameras.
