Leh joins Delhi in hydrogen bus race

LEH: A race is on between Delhi and Leh to become the country’s first city with public transport service running on green hydrogen.

Ladakh’s capital appeared to have stolen a march on Monday evening by signing an agreement with state-run generation utility NTPC’s renewable energy arm for launching hydrogen buses as part of prime minister Narendra Modi’s carbon-neutral vision for the country’s youngest union territory.

Delhi is yet to have any formal agreement but is very much in the race for the green distinction. India’s largest oil refiner and fuel retailer IndianOil had on June 30 ordered 15 hydrogen fuel cell buses from Tata Motors for deploying in Delhi, although there is no formal agreement.