Pune Infra Watch: PMPML gears up to launch e-cab service, activists urge it to improve bus service instead

Ensuring uniform uniform pricing and safe commute for people with last-mile connectivity, the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) is planning to launch an electric-cabs (e-cabs) service in the city. However, the PMP Pravasi Manch, an organisation of PMPML commuters, said authorities of the public transport service first need to improve its existing service instead of launching a new one.

“PMPML has been providing service to the public from one bus stop to another. However, there is also a need to provide service to passengers for last-mile connectivity as passengers face has to further take efforts to reach to and fro from bus stops to their point of destination. The PMPML plans to overcome this gap through e-car service,” said Laxminarayan Mishra, chairman and managing director of PMPML.