Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) under the Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises, has granted the approval for 5,595 electric buses comprising of 5095 buses for intracity operation, 400 buses for intercity operation and 100 buses for last mile connectivity to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), to be deployed in 64 cities under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) program. The buses will run 4 billion kms during their contract period and are expected to save nearly 1.2litres of fuel will in turn help in reducing 2.6million tons of carbon dioxide emissions
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