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Port Blair December 09: The Transport Department of Andaman and Nicobar Administration received its first electric bus from the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), under the supervision of Dr Navalendra Kumar Singh, Director of Transport Department.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha, Dr. Navalendra Kumar Singh today said that the Transport Department has signed an agreement for supply of a good number of electric buses with National Thermal Power Corporation. A prototype was made ready, and one bus has arrived for testing at Port Blair. Here it will be examined whether the bus will be able to operate smoothly in the terrains of Andaman Islands.
He further said that, the charging infrastructure is situated at the department bus stand, workshop and at Ferrargunj. Once the technical aspects of the bus are clear, a green signal will be given to start the full-fledged service.
“Our main focus is to make public transport pollution free, comfortable and most importantly strong in the sense where people can avail transportation without any hassle be it sufficiency of buses or the punctuality,” said Dr. Singh.
He said that public must try to use the public transportation as much as possible so that the level of pollution decreases to a certain extent.
“35 passengers can be accommodated in this bus at a time and it can run up to 200 KMs after a single charge. The maintenance of the bus will be looked after by NTPC, transport department will only provide the driver and the conductor” added Dr. Singh.
He further said that, NTPC is looking forward to upgrade the battery power so that the electric bus service can be extended upto Diglipur for which Rangat will be the charging station.
The charging machinery will be provided by the NTPC and the infrastructure will be provided by the Transport Department.
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