India, Aug. 26 -- Experts say Gujarat's clean transport transition cannot rely on electric vehicles alone and will require stronger public transport to reduce dependence on private vehicles.

Ahmedabad should have at least 4,000 buses under central service-level benchmarks, but only about 1,100 are currently in operation.

Gujarat is adding electric buses under FAME-II, PM e-Drive, PM e-Bus Seva and state schemes, including allocations for Ahmedabad and Surat.

Electric buses still account for only 2.17% of Gujarat's registered bus fleet across diesel, CNG and electric categories, with diesel continuing to dominate.

Gujarat is promoting electric mobility, but experts say the state's clean transport transition will remain limited unless i...