Overview

• On June 19, NTPC handed over five hydrogen fuel cell buses to the State Industrial Development Corporation at the Palam mobility station in Leh.
• The fleet represents India’s first commercial deployment of hydrogen-powered public transport and sets a global benchmark for high-altitude operations.
• A 1.7 MW solar plant co-located at 11,562 feet supplies renewable power for the green hydrogen production that fuels the buses.
• NTPC projects the project will cut about 350 metric tons of carbon emissions annually and generate roughly 230 metric tons of pure oxygen.
• Administrative Secretary Bhupesh Chaudhary and Chief Secretary Pawan Kotwal lauded the initiative’s potential to inform future hydrogen mobility projects across India.