Uttar Pradesh State PCS

• 08 Sep 2023

E-Bus will run in 19 Cities of the State

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.