India, Dec. 16 -- The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) will soon get 400 new CNG buses even as it scraps 327 old buses in a phased manner. A new contractor has been awarded the tender, and the new buses will be added to the fleet in January 2025.

Nitin Narvekar, joint managing director, PMPML, said, "When we scrap the old buses phase-wise, we will need new buses to hit the road at the same time else we will face problems. So, a new tender of 400 contract CNG buses has been approved and by January or the first week of February next year, these new CNG buses will be added to our fleet."

Currently, there are around 2,000 buses in the PMPML fleet; 1,005 out of which are owned by the PMPML, with around 950 being contract b...