Delhi to boast 4,000-strong e-bus fleet with 500 new vehicles to be flagged off Sunday: CM Rekha Gupta

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will roll out 500 new electric buses on capital roads on Sunday, chief minister Rekha Gupta said after laying foundation stone for development works worth Rs 400 crore in Matiala constituency in West Delhi district.

The chief minister asserted that Delhi has emerged as the city with maximum number of electric buses nationwide, and said the number of e-buses in the capital will rise to 4,000 after the 500 new vehicles are flagged off on Sunday.

The Delhi government has targeted to increase the number of e-buses to 11,000, Gupta said, adding that e-buses will be made available to people in every corner of the city within the next two years.

She said her government has allocated maximum development funds for Matiala, which is a rural and one of the largest assembly constituencies in Delhi.

"The rural pockets of the national capital need to be given a new lease of life because without the development of these agrarian areas, unauthorised colonies, slum clusters, Delhi will not become a Viksit Delhi," she said.

"The previous government in Delhi paralysed the rural development board which has been revived by our government and projects worth Rs 1,700 crore have been sanctioned," the chief minister said.

She lauded West Delhi MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat and Matiala MLA Sandeep Sehrawat for their efforts towards development works in the area, saying the BJP government has tried to solve the long-standing problems of Delhi in its first year in power.