Uttar Pradesh govt invites bids to buy 700 electric buses
NEW DELHI: In the biggest order for electric vehicles (EVs) in the country so far, Uttar Pradesh has put out bids to buy 700 electric buses in one go at a cost of Rs 1,065 crore to run them in 15 cities, including Varanasi, Agra and Lucknow.
The order is part of the second phase of the Centre’s FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India) scheme, under which 5,595 air-conditioned electric buses are to be bought across the country.
Uttar Pradesh has added chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s hometown Gorakhpur and religious spots Mathura-Vrindavan and Shahjahanpur to its list of cities for electric buses, though they did not feature in the Centre’s list.
