India, May 30 -- To accommodate a growing public transport fleet of electric buses, the Delhi government plans to electrify around 50 bus depots by the end of the year, officials familiar with the matter said.

Officials said that around 50 of Delhi's 83 bus depots will be fully electrified by year-end, and civil and electrical infrastructure work is currently underway at five to six depots. The project aims to ensure infrastructure preparedness for the e-buses being procured under phases 1 and 2 of the Centre's PM e-Drive scheme, they added.

Delhi currently operates one of India's largest electric bus networks with a fleet of over 4,000 e-buses. An additional 1,000 buses are likely to join the fleet by year-end, officials said.

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