Chandigarh, Feb. 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually flag off 25 new electric buses tomorrow to be operated in the Tricity. The ceremony will be held in the presence of Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria at the Sector 43 ISBT at 1pm.

The UT transport department has received the first lot of 25 buses under the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme. Officials stated that 75 more electric buses under the scheme would arrive in a phase in the city.

To move towards cleaner public transport, as many as 100 electric buses have been approved under the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme for Chandigarh. "Chandigarh is the first city in the country to get the delivery of 12-meter low-floor AC electric buses under the scheme," stated officials...