Aiming to make Delhi the Electric Vehicle (EV) capital of the country, the AAP Government on Tuesday announced that as many as 50 new low-floor electric buses are all set to hit the streets of the national Capital.
Talking to The Pioneer, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said that the new buses will ply on nine routes of the Capital and will cover around 3 lakh km per month.
Emphasising on the need for electric buses in the city, Gahlot said that this year the Air Quality Index of the Capital had turned into the ‘severe’ category for only three days. Delhi Government is fully dedicated to making the city pollution free.
Giving the details of the routes on which these new buses will ferry the commuters, the transport department officials, said that Route Number 165 for which the originating point will be Shahbad Dairy and will terminate at the Anand Vihar Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT).
“After the addition of the 50 new low-floor electric buses, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC’s) electric fleet will increase to 300 buses,” he said.
“The second will be Route Number 879 which will originate at Shahbad Dairy and the final drop location will be Janakpuri D-Block. The third route is 901, covering the designated points between Mangol Puri and Kamla Market,” he said.
“The fourth is Route number 957 which will originate at Rohini Sector 22 Terminal and the endpoint will be Shivaji Stadium. The fifth route is 971 for which the pickup point is Rohini Sector 1 Avantika to the final destination Anand Vihar ISBT,” he stated.
“The sixth route finalized by the department for these buses is 990A, from Rohini Sector 25 (Deep Vihar) to Shivaji Stadium. The seventh route is 990 Extenstion, offering service from Rohini Sector 23 (Pocket-C) to Shivaji Stadium,” the officials said.
“The eighth route is The Mudrika Seva (TMS) (-), the originating and destination points for which will be Wazirpur Depot. The last route is TMS (+), with the pick point and final point being Wazirpur,” he said.
“Each one of these buses is estimated to cut 0.33 million tonnes of PM 2.5 and PM 10 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) each in its life span of 10 years,” he claimed.
Speaking about the charging stations in the city, he said that currently there are 2,200 charging points for 2-Watt, 3-Watt, and 4-Watt capacities.
“Apart from this, three depots have been completely electrified for electric low-floor buses. These depots have their own chargers deployed inside the premises,” the transport department official said.
