Delhi gets 500 electric buses, total reaches 1,300 in green fleet
Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 500 electric buses here on Thursday, taking the number of such buses in the national capital to 1,300. The Delhi government said the national capital now has the highest number of electric buses operating in any city of the country, adding that over 7,000 CNG buses are plying on the roads. "We have rolled out 500 (electric) buses today.
These are zero emission buses. We will continue to do such things to make Delhi better," Saxena told reporters. Kejriwal thanked Saxena and promised to keep improving the city transport.
"I want to congratulate the people of Delhi on this occasion. I also want to thank the LG for taking out time from his busy schedule to grace this occasion. We now have 1,300 electric buses in Delhi.
We will continue to strengthen Delhi's transport system," the chief minister told reporters. Later, in a post on X, Saxena said these green buses are provided by the Centre under the FAME-II Scheme for creating a robust and clean public transport infrastructure. "Of the total allocation of 1,500 buses under this Scheme for Delhi, 921 Busses are being provided at a subsidy of ₹416.82 cr by the Central Govt.
For the remaining 579 buses, GNCTD is bearing the subsidy of ₹262.04 cr," he said in the X post. Later, addressing a press conference, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said the addition of the e-buses to the fleet is a strong step in the fight against pollution. He thanked the Centre for the subsidy but said the running cost of these buses over 12 years will be borne by the Delhi government.
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