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Telangana Transport Minister Ponnan Prabhakar connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026) said that nationalist transport and electric-vehicle mobility are the halfway of Telangana’s municipality transport strategy, adjacent arsenic helium underscored the State’s argumentation vis-a-vis transport and milestones, arsenic helium inaugurated the Second National Mobility Summit 2026 astatine HICC Novotel.
Mr Prabhakar said that the authorities is prioritising the strengthening of autobus services, metro, and last-mile connectivity. Reliable nationalist transport, helium said, was indispensable to reducing congestion and improving productivity successful rapidly expanding cities.
Highlighting the State’s propulsion towards cleaner mobility, helium said that Telangana had taken a big of measures to accelerate the adoption of electrical vehicles. The authorities has extended a 100% exemption connected roadworthy taxation and registration charges for electrical vehicles until the extremity of 2026, without immoderate headdress connected volumes. These incentives, helium noted, had already translated into benefits worthy astir ₹1,000 crore for EV buyers and contributed to accrued adoption crossed conveyance segments.
Focusing connected last-mile connectivity, the Minister said the authorities was promoting cleaner alternatives specified arsenic electrical and gas-based autorickshaws. Telangana has permitted 20,000 caller electrical three-wheelers, alongside approvals for 10,000 CNG and 10,000 LPG autorickshaws. In addition, 20,000 permits person been granted to person existing autorickshaws into electrical vehicles.
Electrification of nationalist transport has emerged arsenic a cardinal priority. As of aboriginal 2026, implicit 325 electrical buses are operating successful the metropolis limits, helium said. The authorities aims to standard this up significantly, with a people of deploying astir 2,800 electrical buses successful the Hyderabad Outer Ring Road portion by 2027.
Mr Prabhakar said investments were besides being made successful supporting infrastructure and greenish vigor adoption, with the broader nonsubjective of reducing emissions and improving municipality aerial quality.
