NEW DELHI, March 2 -- The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Monday approved the bids for the procurement of 300 Air- Conditioned (AC) low floor electric buses.

Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot who was also present in the board meeting said "This decision comes a few months into Delhi Government successfully launching the Delhi EV Policy, under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the ongoing full-fledged awareness campaign Switch Delhi encouraging Delhiites to shift to EV. This year will see a thousand new buses being added in DTC and close to 600 new Electric buses inducted under the Cluster scheme too. With the arrival of these 300 electric buses, Delhi will take its first huge leap to its dream of a fully ele...