India, Sept. 29 -- Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday flagged off 300 new DTC electric Delhi Electric Vehicle Interconnector (DEVi) buses from the East Vinod Nagar bus depot, announcing that all public transport buses in the city will shift to electric mode within the next one and a half years.

Gupta said the new fleet was introduced after a scientific route rationalisation exercise with IIT Delhi to improve last-mile connectivity. "Starting today, 300 new DEVi buses are being launched on the new routes across the Yamuna. On the occasion of Seva Pakhwada, these buses were dedicated to the public... Now, the DTC fleet will have a total of 974 DEVi buses," she said.

She added that earlier, many areas faced weak connectivity, long ...