Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) flagged off a prototype of the new set of 921 electric buses manufactured by Tata Motors. These buses will be inducted in a phased manner this financial year. BMTC already has a fleet of 390 electric buses which these 921 new buses will join, taking the total number of electric buses on city streets to 1,311 by the end of this fiscal year. These buses have been inducted under the FAME-II scheme of the Government of India.
These buses will run on a Gross Cost Contract (GCC) model basis under which the operating fare of these buses will be ₹41.01 per km. These buses are 12.0 metre long, low-floor electric buses with a floor height of just 40 c.m. It has a seating capacity of 35 passengers.
The prototype flagged off on Friday will ply on route 96-A which is a circular route that starts and ends at Kempegowda Bus Stand and goes through Rajajinagar. A single circular trip will be 14.7 k.m. long. These 921 buses will be deployed at Shanthinagara, Jayanagara, Hennuru, Deepanajli Nagar, R.R. Nagar, Peenya 2nd Stage, Jigani, K.R. Pura, Seegehalli, and Hosakote depots, a BMTC press statement said.
