Electric buses will run in Raipur, 100 buses will be available from the center

Electric buses will run on the roads of Raipur from the new year. 21 electric buses will soon be started for the residents of Raipur from the new bus stand of Bhathagaon. A total of 100 buses will be available from the centre. The corporation itself will operate the electric buses. 

This will reduce pollution and the corporation can save Rs 50 thousand every month from one bus. For this, two new city bus depots will be built separately at Pandari and Amanaka. Both these places will act as center points for city buses.

There is vacant land in Mathpara's ISBT also

With Raipur getting 100 new buses and construction of 2 new city bus depots, people will be able to easily catch buses to different places. People coming from outside will also find it easy to move from one place to another in Raipur city. Raipur City is getting all these buses from the Central Government.

Apart from these two city bus depots, about one acre of land is also vacant in ISBT located at Mathapara. In which a separate stand will be made for city buses from other buses. Charging points will also be made in it. Old buses will also be parked at these places.

The new depot will be equipped with all facilities

It is being told that this new bus depot will be built with modern facilities. In which charging stations will be built for buses. Apart from this, there will be waiting area and other arrangements keeping in mind the facilities of the passengers.

To take stock of the preparations, Transport Secretary S. Prakash and Additional Transport Commissioner D. Ravi Shankar inspected Bhathagaon inter-state bus stand today.

Diesel buses may reduce with the arrival of electric buses

Keeping the environment in mind, operation of electric buses is being started. Also, keeping in mind the future challenges, preparations are being made to start operating electric buses. At the same time, the expenditure on import of diesel and petrol will also reduce. As electric buses become successful, they can also be replaced by diesel buses.

Corporation will make charging point, its charge will also be recovered

The number of electric vehicles is increasing day by day. For charging of electric vehicles, the corporation administration has decided to build charging points at six places at a cost of Rs 2 crore. The corporation will first create multi-label parking at Amanaka, Pandari Bus Stand, Jaistambh Chowk and Collectorate and charging points at Raipur Railway Station.

Revenue up to Rs 1.5 lakh, profit Rs 50 thousand

The corporation is getting only five thousand rupees from operating a city bus. One and a half lakh rupees have to be spent every month. 

Apart from this, pollution is also spreading in the city due to these buses. Therefore, the corporation has decided to run electric buses in the capital. The electric bus will travel 200 km on a single charge.

The corporation will get a revenue of Rs 1.5 lakh in a month from electric bus as compared to city bus. The electricity bill for charging an electric bus will be Rs 50 thousand per month. 

At the same time, Rs 50 thousand will be spent on the repair of the driver and the bus. By cutting these, the corporation can save Rs 50 thousand every month.