Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday together flagged off 400 electric buses.
With the latest addition, the number of such buses in the national capital has reached to 800.
The flag-off event happened at the IP Depot in Delhi, PTI reported.
"The number of electric buses has now gone up to 800 in Delhi. I want to congratulate Delhiites on this," Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said at the flagging off event, the report mentioned.
Later in a post on X, Kejriwal explained the break of the budget outlay for the buses, the report said.
Advertisement
"Together with the Honorable Lieutenant Governor flagged off 400 new electric buses today and dedicated them to the people of Delhi,"Kejriwal was quoted as having said.
"These buses are part of the 921 buses under the subsidy scheme, for which a subsidy of Rs 417 crore has been given by the Centre and the Delhi government will spend ₹ 3,674 crore," Kejriwal said.
There are now a total of 800 electric buses on the roads of Delhi, which is the highest in the country, he said.
"Our target is to introduce a total of 8,000 electric buses on the roads of Delhi by the end of 2025. At that time there will be more than 10,000 buses in Delhi, of which 80 per cent will be electric,” he said.
Advertisement
"Very soon Delhi will also be known all over the world for its excellent electric buses," he added.
