India, July 23 -- The first of the 100 electric buses to be supplied to the Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited (GMCBL) reached Gurugram on Wednesday and has been inducted into the city bus fleet, marking the beginning of the city's long-delayed electric bus rollout. The bus will undergo a three-day trial from Thursday on three different routes with passenger loads to assess its performance before the remaining buses are inducted.

GMCBL officials said the city bus service expects to receive the buses in batches, with the first 25 likely to become operational in August. A senior GMCBL official said the buses are being supplied under the PM e-Bus Sewa scheme. In April this year, the vendor received the work order to supply 100 electric ...