India, Nov. 6 -- About 34 new electric-buses provided to Ghaziabad for intercity travel are yet to be deployed as the charging infrastructure across routes and at the UP State Road Transport Corporation's (UPSRTC) Sahibabad station still remains to be set up, officials said.

Officials said they received 38 buses from the state government about one-and-half months ago, and only four of these have been deployed on the Ghaziabad-Noida-Mathura route.

"The rest of the buses are still stationed at the Sahibabad depot, as the seven charging points are under construction and likely to be ready in the next one month. The buses are to operate in a range of about 200kms and will also require charging infrastructure midway. So, facilities are also ...