Bengaluru: With the best planning Mumbai to get 900 electric double-decker buses on rent, chorus for vehicles such as Bengaluru is also harder.
Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), Subsidiaries Limited Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), recently waved the tender to appoint 135 double-decker electric buses (9.5 m) in five cities under the ‘Grand Challenge’.
Of the 135, 100 has been allocated to Delhi, 25 to letters and five each to Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
However, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Transport Corporation (BMTC) has adopted a wait-and-watch policy.
“Five Double-Decker buses have been allocated to Bengaluru.
But we have to study operational and maintenance costs, a decent route and other factors to run the bus like that here.
We are not in the financial position to experiment now.
So we are not in a hurried Buru to accommodate a double-decker bus because the existing fleet does not have a request after Covid-19, “said a BMTC senior official.
“Even if the plan is realized, we will be able to run this bus only in the outer ring road because it is wider and has fewer trees.
It is not feasible to operate it on a narrow road and those who have flyovers, overhead power lines, telecommunication cables and branches Trees.
In fact, ORR also has many underpasses, so we need to do a thorough research before triggering these buses, “he added.
Double-Decker Buses are a common view on Jalan Bengaluru in the 1970s and 80s, but removed in 1997.
The only bus left in the BMTC fleet was used for city tours until 2014.
In the 1980s, Double-Decker The ferry school children tilted the Ramakrishna mission in South Bengaluru.
It’s a dent of such bus images among the public.
In 2009, BMTC planned to buy one or two double-decker buses but it didn’t work.
In 2017, the administrative board approved a proposal to buy five such buses for sightseeing services based on rent but the corporation could not get the manufacturer.
Other BMTC officials said: “It is not clear whether there is a double-decker electric bus manufacturer available in India.
We will make a decision based on the Mumbai project”.
Karnataka State Travel Development Corporation bought six Double-Decker Diesel buses, whose body was built by Bengaluru KMS coach builder, with a seating capacity of 40.
These buses operate in Mysuru for the purposes of streets since March 2021 However, KSTDC cannot expand services to places such as Hampi and Bengaluru because of overhead cables and other obstacles.
B’luru: Double-decker buses can run only on ORR
