Electric buses in 23 routes in the city: Mayor

Electric buses volition run successful 23 routes wrong the superior metropolis from Saturday onwards, Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V.V.Rajesh has said. He was speaking to the media present connected Wednesday aft a treatment with Transport Minister K.B.Ganesh Kumar. The gathering was called pursuing differences implicit the moving of the electrical buses, which were purchased nether the SmartCity task during the erstwhile council’s term. Mr.Rajesh said that immoderate of the services are successful existing routes, portion a fewer routes person been added based connected suggestions from assorted councillors. The services volition statesman connected Saturday morning. The elaborate schedules volition beryllium announced soon. Some of the routes suggested by the councillors were recovered to beryllium not feasible for services. All of these routes had services earlier but were stopped owed to assorted reasons, helium said. The Mayor and the Transport Minister had differences earlier implicit the electrical buses being utilized for services successful the suburban areas. When asked astir the protests successful the Karakulam panchayat implicit the moving of a canine shelter, helium said that the protests are politically motivated. “The canine structure has been functioning successful the mediate of an 1 acre crippled of onshore for 8 years. While it had 137 dogs earlier, the Corporation has present transferred 50 much dogs there. The Animal Welfare Board and a veterinary doc are perpetually monitoring. The stray canine issues successful the superior volition beryllium addressed lone if we person much shelters. The Corporation is looking for perfect places for this,” said Mr.Rajesh.

Published - February 04, 2026 08:47 p.m. IST