Shimla: The fleet of electric taxies and vehicles will be further strengthened in Himachal Pradesh, State Transport Minister Gobind Singh Thakur said on Tuesday.
He said electric taxies inducted three days back in the State capital Shimla, had successfully covered 275 kms first day on identified routes.
Himachal Pradesh is the first State in country which has been operating environment friendly taxies on pilot basis. The Government is actively considering to increase the fleet of electric vehicles in near future, after successful trial of these vehicles on roads in different parts of the State.
The Minister said all taxies inducted in Shimla city were operational and plying smoothly providing pollution free service to commuters in the city. It may be noted that HRTC has been operating electric bus services in and around Kullu and Manali areas on trial basis.