The state promises to convert its public bus fleet to electric buses by 2025
Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of Himachal Pradesh on Friday asked transport ministry officials to hold meetings with electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers to discuss modes of bus fleet replacement. available by e-bus.
Chairing the review meeting here, he reiterated the Himachal Road Transport Company’s (HRTC) determination to phase out the entire bus fleet. An official statement said that by 2025, the entire bus fleet of the group will be electric.
“I congratulate the transport ministry for replacing their existing official fleet of vehicles with electric vehicles,” the minister said.
The government also plans to start e-taxi, he said.
Meanwhile, a delegation of the British High Commissioner led by Climate Change Policy Chief Arina Cosac met here with Sukhu.
The Premier said Himachal Pradesh is moving towards becoming a Green Energy State by 2025 and e-mobility will play an important role to achieve the goal. He said the input of a survey conducted in Shimla under the India-UK PACT will help develop it into a smart city, the statement said.
PACT India-UK funds the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) to identify policy and institutional gaps around the transition of public transport to electric vehicles, both at the state and city level. city.
Cosac said the baseline survey was carried out in Shimla city on e-mobility, multi-storey transport and cable car.
Date of first publication: February 20, 2023, 09:53 AM IST