Lucknow, Sept. 18 -- The Uttar Pradesh Government has taken a major step towards making urban transport cleaner, safer, and greener by roping in private operators and organisations for running electric buses in two major municipal corporations Kanpur and Lucknow.
The operation will be carried out under the Net Contract Mode, ensuring affordable, reliable, and comfortable public transport facilities for citizens, officials said today.
As part of the project, tenders have been invited for the supply, operation, and maintenance of electric buses on 10 routes each in Kanpur and Lucknow. Each route will have a minimum of 10 electric buses. Operators can bid for one or more routes; however, two operators will not be allowed to operate on the sa...