India, Oct. 24 -- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday inaugurated the National Urban Conclave 2026 in Bhubaneswar and launched 26 electric bus services under the PM E-Bus Sewa Scheme, marking another step towards strengthening sustainable urban mobility in the state.

The state government plans to introduce a total of 400 electric buses under the scheme, along with 100 midi buses and 50 mini e-buses. The new services will extend public transport connectivity to nine additional towns - Baripada, Angul, Jharsuguda, Balasore, Jajpur, Rayagada, Jeypore, Bhadrak and Balangir.

Currently, the Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) network operates Ama Bus services in seven cities across Odisha. With the expansion, the governmen...