Electric Bus Services Begin In Ghaziabad

5 buses will be operated in the Initial Phase

After multiple deadlines missed, Finally, Ghaziabad has started the operation of electric buses in the city. A total number of 5 buses will be operated in the initial phase and Union Minister of State and Ghaziabad MP VK Singh flagged off these 5 buses from Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Auditorium. The decision to start electric buses has been taken to reduce air pollution in the state as AQI is at its worst in the cities.

Not only in Ghaziabad, but electric buses will also soon run in multiple other cities in Uttar Pradesh, including Vrindavan, where the government has procured two buses and is planning to start the ebus services very soon. Apart from that, cities like Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Mathura, Prayagraj, Meerut, Bareilly, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Shahjahanpur, Aligarh, Ghaziabad and Jhansi will also get electric buses to replace the diesel buses.

For Ghaziabad, a total number of 20 buses were planned initially, but only 5 buses will run on one route at the beginning. The fare will start at Rs 10 only and a maximum of Rs 40 will be charged on the longer routes.

The low-floor fully AC buses can travel upto a speed of 60 kilometres per hour and is having a driving range of about 140 km. The service of the electric buses will be from 6 am to 10 pm. The initial phase marked for electric buses is Anand Vihar to ALT Via Mohannagar.

Moving Forward, more electric buses will start operations on routes like Anand Vihar to Muradnagar via Mohannagar, Dilshad Garden to Govindpuram Via Mohannagar and Tila Mor to New Bus Stand via Bhopura.

Now, the Delhi Government also got their first prototype of electric bus made by India's JBM Auto wearing all-blue livery for the DTC. Soon CM Arvind Kejriwal will flag off the electric bus services for Delhiites as well. As part of the pilot project, electric buses have been running in the capital for lesser time now.