The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) made an announcement to install electric, air-conditioned city buses at strategic Namo Bharat stops in Delhi.
To make boarding and exit of passengers easy during their daily commute, AC electric buses will now operate through designated drop-off lanes at the New Ashok Nagar and Anand Vihar Namo Bharat stops.
NCRTC and DTC jointly identified three routes where these buses will run. They link Anand Vihar ISBT to Ashok Nagar Border, New Ashok Nagar Namo Bharat Station to Anand Vihar ISBT, and Ashok Nagar Border to Mayur Vihar Phase-3 Paper Market.
Linking a cluster of residential and commercial hubs, including Chilla Village, Sapera Basti, New Kondli, Dallupura, Ghazipur Village and Mandi, Dharamshila Crossing, and Trilok Puri, the service will operate from 6:30 AM to 11:00 PM.
The electric buses of the DTC are being offered on these corridors under the Delhi Electric Vehicle Interchange (DEVI) initiative.
Now, there are 11 stations between a 55-kilometer stretch of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor from New Ashok Nagar to Meerut South.
In addition, trial runs are going on in more sections between Meerut South and Modipuram and between Sarai Kale Khan and New Ashok Nagar. By this year, the NCRTC aims to finish the Delhi–Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor, spanning 82 kilometers.