The ministry of heavy industry and public enterprises has sanctioned 50 electric buses for Tripura along with 26 other states for intra-city and intercity operation under the faster adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles (FAME) in India scheme.
A department of heavy industry press release said, “…….the department of heavy industry has approved the sanction of 5,595 electric buses to 64 cities/state government under FAME India scheme phase II.”
The department had invited the expression of interest (EoI) from million-plus cities, smart cities, state/UT capitals and cities from special category states for submission of proposal for deployment of electric buses on operational cost basis.
