The Delhi Transport Company (DTC) Board on Friday permitted the induction of 1,500 low-floor electrical buses in its fleet. These buses and one other batch of 300 e-buses, which have already began arriving, are the DTC’s first procurement in no less than a decade because the Commonwealth Video games in 2010.
This month, no less than 100 e-buses are more likely to be rolled out in two batches of fifty every, senior transport officers mentioned. These 100 buses are part of the 300 e-buses ordered by the DTC and two have already been pressed into service.
Transport minister and DTC Board chairman Kailash Gahlot mentioned, “With the induction of electrical buses on such a big scale, augmentation of infrastructure and demand incentives to customers, we do not intend to depart any stone unturned in making Delhi the EV capital of the world.”
“Over the previous 9 to 10 months, we have now held rigorous conferences to grasp the shortcomings in DTC’s tender paperwork and plugged the gaps. I’ve personally been monitoring all the bus procurement plan and we lastly have excellent news. After greater than a decade, DTC will lastly roll out 1,800 new buses over a span of 20 months from now,” mentioned Gahlot.
He mentioned all the batch of 300 e-buses shall be pressed into service by the tip of December this yr. As for the remaining buses, the minister mentioned the Delhi authorities has been sanctioned 1,500 e-buses by the central authorities.
The DTC Board had already permitted the procurement of 921 buses below FAME-II (Quicker Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electrical automobile) class and the remaining 579 buses below non FAME-II class. For the 579 buses within the non-FAME class, the Delhi authorities will present a subsidy of 262.04 crore, on par with the FAME-II subsidy.
The DTC Board additionally resolved to offer in-principle approval to acquire 75 (38 non-AC and 37 AC) CNG customary ground buses for interstate operations. They may ply on 11 routes throughout 5 states (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Punjab) and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The routes shall be Delhi-Rishikesh, Delhi-Haridwar, Delhi-Dehradun, Delhi-Haldwani, Delhi-Agra, Delhi-Bareilly, Delhi-Lucknow, Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Panipat, and Delhi-Patiala.
“With Interstate providers, we wish to make journey extra handy for Delhi residents to and from different states, in addition to increase our high quality providers to different geographies. By bringing extra ladies into our workforce and making them a part of our transportation system, we additionally wish to be certain that public transportation turns into safer and equitable for all residents of Delhi,” the minister mentioned.
The Board additionally determined to reinforce the stipend paid to ladies candidates throughout their coaching interval, as drivers on contract foundation, from 6,000 per thirty days to 12,000 a month, with HMV (heavy motorized vehicle) driving license.
Delhi presently has 7,081 buses of which 3,762 are DTC buses and three,319 are cluster buses. As per a Supreme Court docket’s mandate, Delhi ought to have 11,000 buses to cater to its inhabitants of almost 20 million.
