Under the directives of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the process to add 120 electric buses (in addition to 100 buses) to the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) fleet is progressing rapidly.

These buses will operate in five cities of Aligarh, Moradabad, Lucknow, Ayodhya and Gorakhpur. These electric buses will be equipped with modern facilities and advanced equipment. Aligarh and Moradabad regions will get 30 electric buses each, while Lucknow, Ayodhya and Gorakhpur will have 20 electric buses in operation each.

According to Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh, in the Aligarh region, 10 electric buses will run on the Aligarh-Noida route via Jewar, four buses on the Aligarh-Ballabgarh-Faridabad route, four buses on the Aligarh-Mathura route, eight buses on the Aligarh-Kaushambi on the Khurja route and four buses on the Aligarh-Dibai-Anupshahr-Sambhal-Moradabad route.

Likewise, 30 electric buses will operate in the Moradabad region. Of them, 10 buses will ply on the Moradabad-Kaushambi route, six on the Moradabad-Meerut route, four on the Moradabad-Najibabad Kotdwar route, two on the Kathghar-Bareilly route, four on the Kathghar-Haldwani route, two on the Kathghar-Aligarh and two on the Kathghar-Ramnagar route.

In Lucknow region, 20 electric buses will operate on the route between New Barabanki station and Awadh bus station. Similarly, in Ayodhya region, four buses will ply on the Ayodhya-Lucknow route, four on the Ayodhya-Gorakhpur route, six on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj-Gonda route and six on the Ayodhya-Sultanpur-Varanasi route. A total of 20 electric buses will operate in the Ayodhya region.

20 electric buses will be operational in Gorakhpur region. Three buses will ply on Gorakhpur-Azamgarh-Varanasi route, 3 on Gorakhpur-Ghazipur-Varanasi route, four on Gorakhpur-Ayodhya route, four on Gorakhpur-Sonauli route, two on Gorakhpur-Maharajganj-Thuthibari route, one on the Gorakhpur-Siddharthnagar and Gorakhpur-Padrauna routes each, and two on the Gorakhpur-Tamkuhi route.

The bidding process for these buses will begin soon.