LG, Kejriwal flag off 400 e-buses in big green push

Lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday flagged off a new batch of 400 electric buses from the Rohini bus depot. With the addition of the new buses, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) now has 800 e-buses — officials said this is the largest fleet of electric buses in the country, surpassing Pune that has 458 such buses.

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Kejriwal said that, by the end of the year, Delhi will have 1,900 electric buses.

“Once we have 1,900 e-buses, we will be among the few cities across the world to be using such large number of electric vehicles. With 1,900 e-buses, every year, 107,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be saved. Not just this, by 2025, in just over two years, we plan to increase our e-bus fleet by 10 times from 800 to over 8,000,” he said.

The new electric buses are all air-conditioned, and come equipped with ramps for the differently abled —the bus can “kneel” to one side for better accessibility, the CM explained. The buses also have three panic buttons each, a two-way communication system with a centralised control room, GPS for live tracking, and a fire detection and suppression system.