If everything goes as planned, people will see electric buses plying on North Karnataka roads in the next couple of months as a plan by North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) to operate 450 electric buses has received the government’s assent.
The plan to procure e-buses is to meet the increased demand for travel in public transport, particularly after the launch of the Shakti scheme for women.
At present, NWKRTC has 4,830 buses and is operating 4,539 schedules covering an average distance of 15 lakh kilometres every day. While, earlier, 17.48 lakh people made use of the services, it has risen to 24 lakh to 26 lakh after the introduction of the Shakti scheme, Managing Director of NWKRTC Bharath S. has said in a press release.
