All new APSRTC electric buses, including Palle Velugu, to be air-conditioned, says Naidu

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has directed that each caller electrical buses to beryllium introduced by the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, including those nether the Palle Velugu agrarian services, should beryllium air-conditioned, underscoring the government’s accent connected rider comfortableness and modern nationalist transport.

Reviewing APSRTC’s electrical mobility roadmap astatine the Secretariat connected Tuesday, the Chief Minister said each 1,450 buses projected for acquisition successful the adjacent fiscal twelvemonth should beryllium electrical vehicles. He instructed officials to prioritise the constitution of EV charging stations successful the Godavari districts successful presumption of the upcoming Godavari Pushkaralu and to invitation tenders astatine the earliest.

Mr. Naidu approved a semipermanent program to regenerate 8,819 diesel buses with electrical buses implicit the adjacent 5 years. He besides directed that buses with much than 8 years of remaining operational beingness beryllium gradually converted into electrical vehicles. Stressing passenger-centric planning, helium said transport infrastructure indispensable beryllium strengthened to conscionable rising commuter demand, peculiarly aft the implementation of the Stree Shakti escaped autobus question strategy for women.

Highlighting the State’s committedness to sustainable mobility, the Chief Minister said Andhra Pradesh aims to run lone electrical and CNG buses by 2030, replacing diesel vehicles successful a phased manner. This transition, helium said, would importantly trim contamination and little APSRTC’s semipermanent operating costs.

Mr. Naidu suggested outsourcing attraction of electrical buses to backstage operators to amended ratio and called for greater absorption connected cargo transportation, connected the lines of Indian Railways, to augment revenue. He besides asked officials to research commercialized income opportunities from autobus stations.

Officials informed the Chief Minister that nether the PM e-Bus Sewa scheme, the Centre is providing 750 electrical buses to the State, with in-principle support for an further 300 buses for the Tirumala–Tirupati region. A aviator task converting diesel buses to CNG connected the Chittoor–Vellore way has besides yielded affirmative results.