India, Aug. 19 -- The Gurugram Metro City Bus Service Limited (GMCBL), a special purpose vehicle of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), has begun the process of recruiting around 600 bus conductors and additional staff, in preparation for the addition of 200 electric buses in the city's fleet.

A senior GMDA official said that the proposal to buy 200 buses for Gurugram and Faridabad will be presented in the upcoming meeting of the high powered purchase committee, chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini. The proposal is likely to get approved.

According to a proposal submitted to the Town and Country Planning Department, the GMCBL has sought Finance Department's nod to engage 649 new personnel through Haryana Kaushal R...