Bengaluru welcomed its first electric bus on Thursday, 30th September. Transport minister B Sriramulu inaugurated the 'green bus'. As a feeder service at Namma Metro station; which serve as connecting links from other areas to the central place in a city

Uttar Pradesh's JBM Auto Limited has manufactured the electric buses, and the Bangalore Municipality Corporation (BMC) operate them. About 90 electric e-buses were launched at the Kengeri depot, and each had a capacity of 33 passengers. The BMTC will reportedly install charging points for the buses at each of the stops and install three such depots in total.

Expectations from the collaborators: It is not only a cleaner and greener alternative to taxis and conventional buses, e-bus is its extremely low operational cost and easy maintenance.

Incentives: Electric buses (e-buses) will be a big bane for mass public mobility in the future.