The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) will introduce 1,900 fully-electric buses in the fleet in a phased manner.
The management has prepared a proposal for the procurement. On Monday, BEST had issued a tender notice calling for bidders for procuring the new buses. A proposal will be passed by the BEST committee, following which the procurement of the buses will begin.
“A tender notice has been issued and bidders have been called. A detailed proposal on the requirement and the time frame of procurement will be discussed with the bidders. The earlier electric buses were procured under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles (FAME)-2 scheme,” said a senior BEST official.
