Overview
- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini inaugurated a new electric-bus depot in Panipat and flagged off 80 electric city buses on Thursday, May 28, 2026, allocating 40 to Panipat, 15 to Yamunanagar, 10 each to Kurukshetra and Sonipat, and 5 to Panchkula.
- With the 80 new buses added to an existing 75 e-bus fleet, Haryana’s total city electric-bus fleet now stands at 155 and the Panipat depot was built at a reported cost of about Rs 7 crore.
- Officials say depots with modern charging facilities are under construction in eight other districts and 17 new routes began operating from Panipat, including an AC Panipat-to-Delhi (Singhu) service priced at ₹115.
- The government announced plans to roll out a bus-tracking mobile app modeled on Indian Railways, build ten new electric bus stands within a year, use public–private partnerships for traffic stations, and procure 650 standard-floor AC buses plus 50 electric express buses for airport and religious routes.
- State officials framed the program as part of a wider push for cleaner urban transit that aims to cut pollution, ease local congestion by reducing smaller vehicles, and expand affordable, air-conditioned links to metro and airport hubs as the rollout continues.