Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation is going to start electric buses service in the city very soon. The Corporation has sent a detailed project report (DPR) of Rs 27 crore to the Uttar Pradesh government to build a bus shelter.
The approval of DPR will be received by the first fortnight of March and these buses will be run on 10 routes in the city, 52 bus shelters will be prepared for stopping and maintenance of these buses, all these points are mentioned in the DPR in a series, said official.
“The bus route has been kept from Noida to Ghaziabad also to Noida City Center. A charging station is also being built in the Vijayanagar to charge batteries of electric buses. Earlier it was planned to be built at Hindon Vihar in Meerut Tiraha but in view of traffic problems place has been shifted to Vijayanagar,” he said.
The Municipal Commissioner said that 50 electronic buses will be run in the first phase. “If this pilot project is successful, the number of buses and routes can also be increased. Petrol and diesel will not be used in these buses, only these buses will be run through electric batteries,” said The Municipal Commissioner.