The DTC board, in order to encourage the use of e-two wheelers by its employees, approved providing free charging facilities at its depots.Īdditionally, the employees will be able to avail loan from financial institutes empanelled by the Delhi Financial Corporation (DFC) according to the provisions of the Delhi EV Policy, 2020, for buying electric two wheelers, it said.ĭelhi government is already providing a purchase incentive of Rs 5,000 per kWh of battery capacity with a maximum incentive of Rs 30,000 per vehicle (two wheeler). "All the buses will be equipped with CCTVs, GPS, panic buttons and other features providing convenient and safer travel for long distance commuters," Gahlot said. It has approved the running of battery or CNG-operated premium buses on NCR routes within 200 km, it said.įor intercity bus operations, the DTC will be running Bharat Stage (BS) VI buses for routes covering more than 200 km.
The DTC had been planning to introduce high quality premium buses on longer routes for sometime.
In its board meeting held recently, the DTC gave in-principal approval to running premium buses within Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and intercity operations, the statement said.
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) Board has also decided provide free charging facilities to its employees owning electric two-wheelers and grant its contractual staff leave on three national holidays, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said in the statement. Delhi government will soon operate premium intercity buses for commuters travelling between the national capital, NCR cities and neighbouring states, an official statement said on Tuesday.
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