The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Monday approved the bids for the procurement of 300 Air- Conditioned (AC) low floor electric buses.

Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot who was also present in the board meeting said “This decision comes a few months into Delhi Government successfully launching the Delhi EV Policy, under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the ongoing full-fledged awareness campaign Switch Delhi encouraging Delhiites to shift to EV. This year will see a thousand new buses being added in DTC and close to 600 new Electric buses inducted under the Cluster scheme too. With the arrival of these 300 electric buses, Delhi will take its first huge leap to its dream of a fully electric public transport in the city.”

These 300 Low Floor 12 meters BS-VI compliant Air-Conditioned buses would be equipped with State-of-the-Art facilities like, Real-Time Passenger Information System, CCTVs, Panic Buttons, GPS and other facilities, along with being differently-abled friendly.

Further, to ensure passenger safety, especially of women passengers, these buses would be integrated with the newly built Command and Control Centre of Kashmiri Gate.

Earlier, DTC had floated open tender for the procurement of 300 Low Floor 12 meters full Electric

Air-Conditioned buses in December 2020. Prior to this, two tenders have been short-closed owing to various reasons. These 300 Electric Buses, after approval by the Cabinet, will start arriving in October 2021 and the entire induction will be completed by February 2022.