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New Delhi gets its first electric bus

Will run from Delhi Secretariat to Central Secretariat everyday and the minimum fare is Rs 10

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Overdrive|Mar 11, 2016, 13:23:26 IST

New Delhi will see its first electric bus ply from today. Delhi Transport Minister, Gopal Rai, flagged off the bus. The no-pollution bus will run from Delhi Secretariat to Central Secretariat from 6:30am to 9:20pm everyday. The minimum fare will be Rs 10. The bus takes four hours to charge and has a range of 280km.

Spaking at the flag off ceremony, Gopal Rai said, “It is the first such bus in India which is 100 percent pollution-free, operates completely on electricity and used for public transport. The bus will run on trial basis for six...

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First Published:Mar 11, 2016, 13:23:26 IST
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