From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Aug 29: Deputy chief minister Dr G Parameshwara said all diesel transport buses in the city will be replaced by electric buses over the next five years.
He was speaking after inaugurating the Eighth Bus World Exhibition at International Exhibition centre near Peenya in Bengaluru on Wednesday, August 29.
Dr Parameshwara said the city has become the main focus point in last two decades and had shown rapid progress in various fields such as Aerospace, Information Technology and Biotechnology, Industry, Science and Research.
Over 70 lac vehicles plied on the city roads everyday besides over 6000 vehicles belonging to Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation. Majority of these vehicles run on diesel resulting in large scale smoke pollution.
As a result, he said introduction of electric buses would be a better solution and considerably reduce pollution.
He also said there were no organised roads and the traffic has become the basic problem.
The deputy chief minister hoped the event would result in more investments in the transport sector with a large number of participation by various countries such as China, Korea, Australia and Belgium which had also engaged in technology transfer.