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As portion of a large propulsion to electrical mobility, the Puducherry authorities has introduced e-bus operations for municipality routes nether the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme and the Smart Cities Mission.
There is simply a program to deploy a fleet of 100 e-buses successful the metropolis retired of which 25 buses nether Smart City Mission person been operationalised portion 15 buses nether PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme are being deployed successful the archetypal phase.
The 15 buses person commenced commercialized operations connected municipality routes.
The electrical buses are being operated nether Gross Cost Contract (GCC) exemplary wherein GreenCell Mobility Private Limited has been selected arsenic the backstage relation to proviso and deploy 75 electrical buses nether PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme.
Fifteen specified e-buses were inaugurated during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sojourn to Puducherry, and the remaining vehicles are expected successful a phased manner.
Under the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme, the Centre plans to deploy 10,000 electrical buses nationwide to fortify nationalist transport and beforehand e-mobility. The programme’s estimated outgo is ₹57,613 crore, with the Centre contributing ₹20,000 crore.
A elder authoritative said a caller imperishable depot and charging installation has been planned for each 75 vehicles sanctioned by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs nether the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme.
“This depot installation volition beryllium successful summation to the depot and charging installation astatine Maraimalai Adigal Salai wherein 25 e-buses nether Smart City Mission are already being maintained and charged. Under the public–private operating model, GreenCell Mobility volition beryllium liable for drivers and maintenance, portion the government-owned Puducherry Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) volition deploy conductors and wage the relation connected a per-kilometre basis,” helium said.
Out of 75 buses nether PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme, 25 buses are 9 metre AC buses portion remaining 50 are 12 metre AC buses.
These buses are equipped with modern facilities, including wheelchair lifts for facilitating entree to differently-abled passengers.
