Reportedly Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami on Monday flagged off the state's first electric, air-conditioned bus in Chennai. Meanwhile this is the first of 525 buses the state government plans to ply, with the objective of reducing air pollution. Reportedly Automobile giant ashok Leyland has manufactured the bus, which can hold close to 50 persons at any point of time.

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Furthermore the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, education Minister Sengottaiyan, Tamil and Culture Minister Mafoi Pandiarajan and transport officials inspected the white and green bus which travelled from Thiruvanmiyur to Koyambedu and Tamilnadu had agreed to purchase and operate 525 electric buses in major cities like Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Erode, Tiruppur, Salem, Vellore and thanjavur.



Moreover commuters are charged same as that of a regular bus with the tickets priced between Rs 11 and Rs 25. In its first phase, these electric buses will start plying on the A1 MTC route from Chennai Central to Thiruvanmiyur and however, environmentalists point out that in the larger picture, the state's carbon footprint could remain the same. 


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Sri Ramachandra Murthy

27/08/2019 12:30 AM