MARGAO
In a significant development, the Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) has decided not to procure any additional electric buses and will instead purchase new diesel buses.
KTC chairman and MLA Ulhas Tuemkar told the media on the sidelines of a cancer screening programme at the Navelim Primary Health Centre that around 30 new diesel buses will join the KTC fleet by the end of September.
He added: “Right now, the KTC has a fleet of 600 buses, including 150 EV buses and 48 buses operating in Panaji under the Smart City programme. To provide better passenger amenities, we scrap buses after 15 years. Recently, we inaugurated 10 new diesel buses and 30 more buses will join the fleet by September 30.”
In response to a question, the KTC chairman said the Corporation had received all 150 EV buses from the Hyderabad-based company. He, however, said the KTC would not procure any more EV buses and would instead purchase only diesel buses.
