In a major boost to urban mobility with a thrust on eco-friendly modes of public transport, Mysuru is among 181 cities in the country identified under Green Urban Mobility Initiatives (GUMI) of the “PM-eBus Sewa”, a Central government project for enlarging the city bus operations, and is expected to expand its intra-city operations’ fleet with 100 new electric buses.
The project is being implemented under Public-Private Partnership model with a sizable financial support from the Centre.
The allocation of buses has come at a time when many existing buses in the Mysuru division of KSRTC are being phased out after having completed 15 years. Such buses cannot hit the roads after exceeding their running capacity as per the Central government norms. This has led to an urgent need for new buses with the passenger load gone up by two folds following the launch of Shakti – a scheme offering free rides for women in State transport buses.
