Hyderabad: Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) planning to launch 1000 new electric buses. Electric buses will be also replacing diesel buses in depots including HCU and Hayathnagar.
Out of 1000 electric buses, 500 electric buses are likely to be operated within Hyderabad. Other electric buses will operate on high traffic routes like Suryapet, Warangal, Nalgonda, Karimnagar, Nizamabad etc.
For this buses charging stations are also being set up at many depots including MGBS, JBS, HCU, Hayatnagar-2, Ranigunj, Kukatpally, BHEL, Hyderabad-2, Warangal, Suryapet, Karimnagar-2 and Nizamabad. Each station has 20 to 25 charging guns which accommodate more than one bus at a single time.
