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Andhra Pradesh is acceptable to present 750 electrical buses nether the Prime Minister’s Electric Bus Sewa scheme, a propulsion to modernise nationalist transport successful the State, supported by some the Centre and the State government. Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar connected Friday (May 29, 2026) reviewed preparations for the task with officials of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC), AP Transco and different departments astatine his campy bureau successful Guntur.
As portion of the allocations, Guntur and Vijayawada person been sanctioned 100 electrical buses each, and Mangalagiri volition person 50. The State volition get 621 buses of 12-metre magnitude with 35+1 seating capacity, and 129 buses of 9-metre magnitude seating 25+1 passengers, taking the full to 750 buses crossed 11 cities.
Officials held elaborate discussions connected charging stations, powerfulness supply, depots and the supporting infrastructure needed to tally the buses. The inaugural aims to supply non-polluting, comfy and modern transport services and to chopped municipality contamination astatine the aforesaid time, officials said.
Mr. Pemmasani told officials to velocity up each processes and marque the buses operational by the extremity of 2026. Guntur has been allocated ₹27.49 crore for civilian and electrical works, and Mangalagiri astir ₹16.25 crore for infrastructure development.
The cities sanctioned buses are Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Nellore, Kurnool, Kakinada, Rajamahendravaram, Kadapa, Amaravati, Tirupati and Anantapur.
