Newly-inducted e-bus breaks down

Hours after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 150 new electric buses on Tuesday, one of the e-buses broke down due to an increase in the vehicle’s temperature beyond the specified limit.

However, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) clarified that the bus stopped because of an in-built security feature and was put back on the road within two hours after a team attended to it.

The DTC Karamchari Union stated that bus number DL 516G D2610, which was from Rohini Depot Sector 37, broke down around 4 pm on the day of launch. The DTC took to Twitter and wrote, “Electric Bus no. 2610 had an indication of increased temperature beyond specified/designed limit and therefore vehicle stopped automatically, due to its inbuilt safety feature.