With the Maharashtra government making it compulsory for all government, civic and zilla parishad offices to use electric vehicles as their mode of transport, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), the city’s transport undertaking, is preparing to step up acquisition.
PMPML was among the first few public transport bodies to acquire e-buses. Considering the operational advantages and low cost of fuel, PMPML decided to jack up its fleet with 500 electric buses.
Presently, it has a fleet of 1,305 buses that are owned by it. Additionally, it has 900 buses that were taken on contract from private parties and also run by them under the norms set by the PMPML administration.
