Buses

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) imposed a weekend curfew in the national capital to curb the spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, nobody will be allowed to travel for non-essential reasons. Moreover, government offices, barring essential services, have been asked to allow their employees to work from home. Private offices can operate at 50% capacity. However, buses and metro can run at 100% seating capacity, as per the order. 

CNG-aided buses have been introduced in Kolkata on August 10 to ferry people from Newtown to Howrah. Initially, the introduction of two buses by the state’s transport department is to mitigate pollution and rising diesel costs. “Apart from reducing pollution levels, the operational costs of running buses will come down significantly (once battery- or CNG-powered vehicles are introduced),” said Firhad Hakim, WB Transport Minister.

India for the first time will be running special hydrogen-fueled busses for intercity commute, starting from Delhi-Jaipur route. To be run by the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, the initiative aims to reduce public transport's dependency on crude oils. Announcing the decision, Power Minister RK Singh said, "we will also try experimenting running electric bus on the same route." Earlier, such busses have been tried in metro cities… read-more