PMPML plans to convert old buses to electric

PUNE The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) plans to convert its old buses into electric buses due to rise in fuel prices. The PMPML has also appointed an agency for the same. The PMPML has converted one old bus into an electric bus on pilot bases.

The PMPML administration put the proposal to convert the 10-year-old buses in to electric buses which got approved in the board of directors meeting recently.

Standing committee chairman Hemant Rasane who is also the director on PMPML said, “The administration had put the proposal for same. It is good to convert old buses from the fleet to electric buses as it would help to save cost as well as convert old buses in green buses.”