Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) Procures 1,250 Low Floor BS6 AC CNG Buses

Kailash Gahlot, Environment & Transport Minister of Delhi has confirmed that the DTC board has accepted procurement of 1,250 low ground AC CNG buses that adjust to stringent emission norms.

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Shubham Parashar
| Published: 27-Nov-20 08:05 PM IST

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The Delhi Transport Corporation has procured 1,250 low-floor BS6 CNG AC buses.

The BS6 transition is primarily aimed toward decreasing air air pollution and that has been on the high precedence of the Delhi authorities as properly. Now the State authorities is attempting so as to add extra BS6 compliant buses to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) fleet and they’ll possible change older automobiles, in addition to add as much as its fleet. Kailash Gahlot, Environment & Transport Minister of Delhi has confirmed that the DTC board has accepted procurement of 1,250 low ground AC CNG buses that adjust to the stringent emission norms.

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The Delhi High Court had earlier advised the Kejriwal authorities to extend the variety of buses.

In a tweet, Ashok Gahlot stated, “Delhi govt, under Hon’ble CM Arvind Kejriwal’s leadership, is constantly committed to augmenting public transport & reducing pollution. In another landmark decision, DTC board today approved procurement of 1250 State-of-the-Art Low Floor AC CNG buses, compliant to BS-VI norms.” The BS6 CNG buses won’t solely assist curbing the problem of air air pollution within the state, but in addition extra variety of buses will assist diluting the gang contained in the bus, serving to sustaining social distancing in these COVID occasions.

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Earlier DTC had procured buses in 2010.

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DTC final bought buses virtually a decade again within the Sheila Dikshit authorities and had procured about 3,750 buses then. According to State Transport Authority (STA), the life span of a bus is 15 years, however the tender mentions that the life span of a bus is 7 to 10 years or 7.5 lakh km, whichever occurs first.

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