Mumbai to get iconic double-decker bus in electric avatar: Aditya Thackeray

As per the recent reports, Mumbai Minister has said that Mumbai will get back its iconic double-decker. These buses will be electric AC buses.

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Mumbai will get its back iconic double-decker buses, electric motors instead of combustion engines will power these buses. Maharashtra Minister Aditya Thackeray told that Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) would get 900 AC electric double-decker buses for Mumbai.

The Maharashtra Minister said that he and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray have been personally keen on reviving Mumbai's iconic double-decker buses. "The BEST double-decker, now electric! Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and I have been personally keen on reviving Mumbai's iconic double-decker buses," he said in a tweet.

He further said that the aim is to have maximum double-decker buses, as this increases capacity. "While doing so, the BEST is procuring 900 of them, fully electric and emission-free. As we increase our BEST fleet, ultimately to 10,000 electric/clean alternate fuel buses, our aim is to have maximum double-decker buses, as this increases our capacity," he said.

Besides Mumbai, Aditya said, he has requested municipal commissioners of other cities who are procuring electric buses to also add double-decker electric buses into their fleets on busy routes.

With inputs from ANI