Overview
- The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs allotted 750 electric buses to the state under the PM e-Bus Sewa programme.
- APSRTC said it has issued a Letter of Award to the selected operator, moving the project from tendering to deployment.
- Officials stated that operations are expected to commence shortly across Andhra Pradesh.
- Nationwide, 14,028 electric buses have been sanctioned under PM E-DRIVE, with CESL having concluded a mega tender for 10,900 vehicles.
- CESL estimates the transition could cut more than four million tonnes of CO2, and CEO Akhilesh Kumar Dixit says the initiative advances modern public transport and India’s 2070 net-zero target.