The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (Most effective) undertaking has received 26 new electric buses from TATA motors as aspect of the central government’s FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturer of Hybrid Electric Vehicles) India scheme on Thursday.
In an try to market an eco-friendly road transport network, the union ministry had allotted 240 e-buses to Maharashtra in September. Total 40 buses have been proposed for Most effective of which 26 have currently arrived in the initial phase and are becoming presently stationed at Anik Depot, Mumbai.
A senior Most effective official informed it will take the undertaking a couple of days time to press these buses on service.
“We need to train our drivers and make them accustomed with the technical aspects of these buses, before pressing them on road” a senior official told The Free Press Journal.
Presently Most effective has 38 e-buses in its fleet of which six are owned by the undertaking and remaining 32 are procured on wet lease.
Alsongside Most effective, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) and Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport Corporation (NMTC) will also obtain one hundred buses each and every below the scheme.