E-Bus will run in 19 Cities of the State | 08 Sep 2023

Why In News?

According to the information received from the media on September 6, 2023, the Uttar Pradesh government is going to run e-buses in 19 cities including 17 municipal corporations of the state to provide better transport facilities to the people. These buses will be run under the PM e-bus service scheme.

Key Points:

• The Urban Development Department of Uttar Pradesh is preparing a proposal for this and soon it will be sent to the Central Government after approval from the higher level.
• There are plans to run 150-150 buses in big cities, 100-100 in medium cities and 50-50 in small cities. This will provide a lot of relief to the passengers.
• At present, 740 small AC e-buses are being run in 14 cities of the state under the Central Government's Fame India scheme. About 300 more buses were to be taken in Phase-II, but the government has started the PM e-bus service. Due to this, there is a churn on not buying new buses in Fame India Phase-II. The Urban Development Department will now demand new buses in the PM e-bus service.
• According to the proposal being prepared at the government level, a proposal is being prepared to run 150 more new buses in the big cities of the state, especially in Lucknow, Kanpur and Ghaziabad.
• A proposal is being prepared to run 100 buses each in Agra, Jhansi, Varanasi, Meerut, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Aligarh, Moradabad, Gorakhpur, Firozabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
• Apart from this, there is a plan to run 50 buses each in Ayodhya, Shahjahanpur, Mathura, Rampur and Saharanpur.