Bangalore: As part of BMTC’s trial, electric buses will run on Bangalore roads from October 13 to 12 meters. It will be decided to drive 4 buses inside the city and 4 buses outside the city.

Currently, the test-driven bus has a capacity of 37 seats and can be expanded to 60 seats. If the test drive succeeds, more buses will be on the road. Many bus manufacturers have already contacted BMTC.

The trial run will last for a month, with sand bags initially placed in the passenger space. The tender will be completed afterwards. At present, the cost of travel for diesel buses is Rs 43 / km and AC buses are Rs 69 / km whereas electric buses cost Rs 89 / km Is called. The corporation hopes to reduce this.

The Ministry of Heavy Industries is subsidizing 400 e-buses in Karnataka under the Fame India project. Of these, 300 buses are available to the capital. The center is subsidizing the operation of leasing and operating electric buses. Thus, the BMTC has invited tenders twice. Every km for the first time 105 to Rs. Enter companies submitted bids

Hyderabad-based Electra will run the electric bus for about a month. For this purpose Majestic Depot 7 has a charging unit installed. Participating in the tender for the second time, the Electra Company has taken every kilometer for air conditioned electric buses. 89.64 to Rs. Enter bid submitted. After negotiating a rate of Rs. Agreed to. It was also canceled because it was too expensive

In addition, it has been decided to install a charging unit at Kengeri and Yeshwantpur depot. Performance is verified by moving the sandbags on the bus for 15 days. It then allows for passenger traffic, its capacity and how many kilometers it has once charging. Intended to test what travels.