Hyderabad: Hyderabad ranks third among Indian cities set to receive electric buses under the central government’s PM E-DRIVE scheme, behind only Bengaluru and Delhi and ahead of larger metros such as Mumbai.
Bengaluru topped the allocations with 4,500 buses, followed by Delhi at 2,800. Hyderabad was sanctioned 2,200 buses, placing it ahead of Mumbai (1,500), Ahmedabad (1,200) and Pune (1,000) among the 10 cities covered under the scheme.
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Rounding out the top 10 are Surat (600 buses), Jaipur (450), Chandigarh (428) and Tirupati (350).
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