Chandigarh, Oct. 15 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday dedicated an electric bus service to the citizens of Kurukshetra by flagging off 10 e-buses.

The chief minister, along with former minister Subhash Sudha, travelled in an e-bus from Jyotisar to Kurukshetra University and said that citizens will be able to travel free of cost in these e-buses till Diwali.

The chief minister said that these e-buses will operate on different routes, benefiting not only local residents but also tourists from across the country and abroad.

He said that to strengthen public transport services, the government has decided to purchase 50 electric buses each for 10 municipal corporations - Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Panipat, ...