Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 200 electric buses under the PM e‑Bus Sewa Scheme, allocating 100 to Guwahati, 50 to Bhavnagar and 50 to Nagpur.
- Modi also virtually flagged off 25 electric buses for Chandigarh, where 428 have been sanctioned, 105 are now in service and the fleet is slated to reach 180 by April–May 2026 with all diesel buses to be replaced by FY 2027–28.
- Ahmedabad inducted 28 AMTS e‑buses as the first tranche of a 225‑bus plan featuring Fire Detection and Suppression Systems and the first mandatory cybersecurity and safety audits applied to e‑buses in India.
- Gujarat’s rollout under the scheme envisions about 750 e‑buses across eight cities, with Bhavnagar receiving 50 now toward a planned 100 and the Gujarat Urban Development Mission serving as the state nodal agency.
- New fleets emphasize accessibility and monitoring with 12‑metre low‑floor AC buses offering about 224 km per charge, power‑operated ramps, kneeling mechanisms, multiple CCTV cameras, AIS‑140 GPS devices and panic buttons linked to control centres.