The Union Heavy Industries Ministry has approved 5,595 electric buses to 64 Cities for intra-city and intercity operation under FAME India scheme phase II.
The Ministry had invited the Expression of Interest (EoI) from cities across the nation for submission of proposal for deployment of Electric Buses on an operational cost basis. 26 States and Union Territories responded with 86 proposals totaling 14,988 e-Buses. After evaluating these proposals and as per the advice of Project Implementation and Sanctioning Committee (PISC), the Government sanctioned 5,095 electric buses to 64 Cities / State Transport Corporations for intra-city operation; 400 electric buses for intercity operation and 100 electric buses for last-mile connectivity to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Each selected City / State Transport Corporations are now required to initiate the procurement process for deployment of sanctioned electric buses on an operational cost basis. As per EoI, buses which satisfy required localization level and technical eligibility notified under FAME India Scheme Phase II will only be eligible for funding under FAME India scheme Phase II, the Ministry said.
These buses will run about 4 billion km during their contract period and are expected to save cumulatively about 1.2 billion liters of fuel over the contract period, and avoid emitting 2.6 million tonnes of CO2.
States that have received the highest number of electric bus allocation are Maharashtra (725), Uttar Pradesh (600), Gujarat (550), Tamil Nadu (525), Karnataka (350), Madhya Pradesh (340), Telangana (325), and Andhra Pradesh (300).
Source: DHI
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