Banwarilal Purohit flagged off 40 intra-city electric buses and 20 long-route HVAC buses today for the convenience of travelers. A total of 20 HVAC buses are proposed to operate between Inter-State Bus Terminuses (ISBTs) in Sectors 43 and 17 to Pathankot, Batala, Fatehabad, Amritsar, Abohar, Katra, Manali, Ludhiana, Shimla, Jaipur, Jhajjar and Haridwar.
Electronically controlled diesel engines comply with the latest BS-VI emission standards on the new HVAC buses.
M/s Volvo Eicher signed an agreement in February for 40 electric buses. Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the first batch of five buses on July 30.
New Maloya Colony to Ram Darbar and Mani Majra, ISBT-43 to Mani Majra and Behlana, Maloya to Mansa Devi will be covered by the second lot of 40 buses flagged off today. Under the Phase-II FAME India Scheme, the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India, had sanctioned 80 electric buses for the UT. The first lot of 40 buses has been operating since November 2021, while the second lot of 40 buses was flagged off today. A ceremony was also attended by UT Adviser Dharam Pal, Home Secretary Nitin Kumar Yadav, DGP Praveer Ranjan, and Transport Director Pradhuman Singh.