MSRTC board approves hiring of 5,159 electric buses, converting 5,000 diesel buses into LNG – EQ Mag
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Mumbai : The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation will hire 5,150 electric buses, buy 2,000 diesel buses and convert 5,000 vehicles from diesel to LNG, the decisions being taken in the state-run undertaking’s directors’ board meeting on Friday.
A release from the office of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who is chairman of MSRTC, said he had approved in principle a plan to take a loan from the Asian Development Bank for electric buses.
In the 302nd meeting of the board of directors, Shinde also said it is necessary that MSRTC, which is the lifeline of the state, gets a “facelift, and asked officials to provide quality service to the passengers as well as maintain cleanliness of buses, the release added.
Source: PTI
