Nagpur, 12 Feb

(HS): A fleet of 50 e-buses will be added to the city bus services, under the

MP e-Bus scheme.

Nagpur Municipal

Corporation has informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate 50 PM

E-Buses to Nagpur at 12.30 pm on February 14 through virtual mode from Nagpur’s

Koradi Bus Depot.

Maharashtra

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Manohar

Lal, Maharashtra’s Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar, Revenue Minister and Guardian

Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Ministers of State Ashish Jaiswal and

Madhuri Misal, Mayor Neeta Thakre, Deputy Mayor Leela Hathibed and others will

remain present.

The PM e-Buses

are being made available to improve the local transport. A total of 150 buses

have been approved for Nagpur, which will be made available in phases.

The PM e-Buses

are nine meter long with a capacity to carry 25 passengers. It will have a

hydraulic e-ramp to facilitate Safe and secured boarding and alighting by

Persons with Disabilities (Divyang). With the charging for 30 minutes the bus

can run up to 225 km. The buses will be operated on 11 routes in Nagpur.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar