Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will flag off the distribution of e-autos at his camp office at Tadepalli near here on Thursday as part of ‘Jagananna Swachha Sankalp’ — the government’s firm commitment to realise ‘Clean Andhra Pradesh’.
The government is taking up the distribution of 516 e-autos in 36 municipalities across the State at a cost ₹21.18 crore. Each e-auto, with a capacity of 500 kg, costs ₹4.10 lakh. Women have been trained to drive these electric three-wheelers.
The government also wants to ensure that it would not burden the small municipalities with O&M expenses. It has proposed to supply e-autos in Grade-II and Below Grade ULBs for segregated waste collection from households in 79 ULBs. The ULBs which cannot meet O&M expenses of diesel/CNG autos from the user charges and have a weak financial position are proposed to deploy e-autos. Tenders were floated and a work order issued for procurement of e-autos along with an annual maintenance contract for five years.
