New Delhi, May 28 -- The Centre will give subsidies to Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka and Telangana to press 10,900 electric buses into service. These buses will hit the streets of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Surat, the heavy industries ministry said on Thursday.

"From Bengaluru to Delhi, cities are actively embracing electric buses to make public transport cleaner, smarter, and more efficient," said heavy industries minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who chaired a meeting with ministry officials on the rollout.

The government has allocated 4,500 electric buses to Bengaluru, 2,000 to Hyderabad, 2,800 to Delhi, 1,000 to Ahmedabad, and 600 to Surat under the PM E-drive scheme.

"We are not merely allocating electric buses-we are shaping...