Tamil NaduInfrastructure
TN CM flags off 250 buses; MTC defers e-bus bid opening again
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay flagged off 250 new government buses in Chennai, including 130 electric and 120 conventional buses, part of larger procurement plans. The MTC has again deferred opening bids for e-buses, according to the report's headline.
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday flagged off 250 new government buses at an event held at the Secretariat in Chennai. The buses are to be deployed across the state.
Of the 250, 130 are AC low-floor electric buses for MTC, procured at a cost of Rs 234.5 crore. These are part of a larger project to induct 750 AC low-floor electric buses at a total cost of Rs 1,337 crore, according to a transport department release. The remaining 120 are conventional buses, procured at a cost of Rs 55.6 crore, and will be deployed across eight state transport corporations. These form part of a plan to procure 1,614 buses at a cost of Rs 756 crore.
A senior transport department official said the remaining buses would be inducted as and when they are delivered by the manufacturers. The report's headline also states that the MTC has deferred opening of bids for e-buses again, though details of the deferral were not provided in the supplied source.
Tamil NaduInfrastructure
TN CM flags off 250 buses; MTC defers e-bus bid opening again
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay flagged off 250 new government buses in Chennai, including 130 electric and 120 conventional buses, part of larger procurement plans. The MTC has again deferred opening bids for e-buses, according to the report's headline.
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday flagged off 250 new government buses at an event held at the Secretariat in Chennai. The buses are to be deployed across the state.
Of the 250, 130 are AC low-floor electric buses for MTC, procured at a cost of Rs 234.5 crore. These are part of a larger project to induct 750 AC low-floor electric buses at a total cost of Rs 1,337 crore, according to a transport department release. The remaining 120 are conventional buses, procured at a cost of Rs 55.6 crore, and will be deployed across eight state transport corporations. These form part of a plan to procure 1,614 buses at a cost of Rs 756 crore.
A senior transport department official said the remaining buses would be inducted as and when they are delivered by the manufacturers. The report's headline also states that the MTC has deferred opening of bids for e-buses again, though details of the deferral were not provided in the supplied source.