Kolhapur civic body seeks 50 additional e-buses from central govt
Kolhapur Municipal Corporation
(KMC) has requested for additional 50
electric buses
from central govt's
PM-eBus Sewa
project for its transport service —
Kolhapur Municipal Transport
(KMT). A proposal outlining this demand has been submitted to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Currently, the KMC has received approval for 100 e-buses. Of these, 40 are expected to join the KMT fleet shortly, with the remaining 60 will be delivered in phases.
The demand for additional buses is based on the city's growing population and anticipated increase in passenger numbers if nearby villages are integrated into the municipal limits.Project officer P N Gurav said, "A large amount of development work is going on in the workshop of KMT at Buddha Garden. An electric charging station is being set up. A total of 40 e-buses are expected to arrive anytime soon in the first batch."He added, "Considering the increased passenger count once the merger of fringe villages takes place into the municipal limits and scrapping of 75 old buses, a proposal for additional 50 e-buses was sent to the Centre as per the instructions of civic administrator K Manjulekshmi. These buses are expected to arrive fleet by 2027."In order to reduce environmental pollution and make journey of urban commuters comfortable, central govt will be providing a total of 3,162 e-buses for cities across the country. In this, the share of Maharashtra is as much as 1,290 buses for 15 cities.
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