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Haryana to scale up electric bus fleet to 375 by year-end, Jagadhri Depot inaugurated

Yamunanagar, Nov 15 (UNI) Haryana will increase its electric bus fleet from 155 to 375 by the end of this year, with Yamunanagar set to receive 50 buses under the Centre's PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Sunday.
He was speaking after inaugurating a Rs 9-crore electric bus depot in Jagadhri, equipped with six charging stations, a workshop, a washing facility and an administrative building. The charging stations can accommodate six buses simultaneously.
Under the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme, 450 electric buses have been approved for seven Haryana cities, including Yamunanagar, Gurugram, Faridabad, Hisar, Karnal, Panipat and Rohtak. Yamunanagar's allocation of 50 buses is expected to improve urban and last-mile connectivity, Saini said.
Currently, 155 electric buses are operating in 10 cities. The government plans to extend electric bus services to all district headquarters and is developing depots in 10 cities. Facilities at Karnal, Rohtak, Panchkula, Rewari, Ambala and Hisar are scheduled for completion during the current financial year, while Sonipat and Kurukshetra will be covered next year. The Panipat depot was inaugurated in May this year.
The government is also working to establish electric vehicle charging stations at every 50-km interval across the state, he said.
Saini said 34 new bus stands had been constructed across Haryana over the past 12 years at a cost of around Rs 492 crore. Haryana Roadways also provides free or concessional travel to 39 categories of passengers. Under the Happy Card Scheme, 29.57 lakh cards have been issued, entitling eligible poor families to free travel of up to 1,000 km annually.
The Chief Minister said the expansion of electric mobility would reduce vehicular pollution and dependence on conventional fuels while creating employment opportunities in electric vehicle manufacturing, battery technology and charging infrastructure.
On stubble management, he said the state had distributed 1.5 lakh machines and equipment to farmers with subsidies of 50 to 80 per cent. Farmers are earning up to Rs 3,000 per acre by selling crop residue, besides receiving government assistance of Rs 1,200 per acre, he said, claiming that stubble-burning incidents in Haryana are moving toward zero.
Taking a swipe at AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, Saini said he had earlier blamed farmers in Haryana and Punjab for pollution, but his party had failed to put effective arrangements in place to curb stubble burning in Punjab.
Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shyam Singh Rana, Yamunanagar MLA Ghanshyam Dass Arora, former minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar and Mayor Suman Bahmani were among those present.
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