AHMEDABAD: As many as 40 air-conditioned electric buses will be added to the Ahmedabad Janmarg bus rapid transit (BRT) fleet on Sunday, bringing the total number of
BRT e-buses to 140.
In all, the BRT fleet has 275 buses, including 100
AC e-buses. With this addition, the fleet size will be 315.
Ahmedabad mayor Kirit Parmar will flag off these new buses from the
Vastral BRT depot on Sunday, the Independence Day.
The addition of the e-buses is part of the Action Plan for Control of Air Pollution in Ahmedabad (APCAPA), prepared with the participation of multiple agencies.
They include the district collectorate, the municipal corporation, the
Gujarat Pollution Control Board, the
RTO, and the civil supplies department. The plan was readied in February 2018.
The new AC buses are equipped with automatic fire detection and suppression system and an automated door system which will not allow the vehicles to move till the doors are shut.