West Bengal Govt plans to switch to electric mode in public transportation in Kolkata by 2030

#WestBengal government has prepared a road map for switching to #electric mode in #PublicTransportation sector in #Kolkata by 2030. The state transport department will be overseeing the project.

West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) has already introduced a #fleet of #ElectricBuses that connect Kolkata and its expansive #suburbs. The plan is to have an entire city fleet of 5,000 electric buses by 2030. This would bring down per annum #CarbonDiOxide #emission by 7,82,560 tonnes. All these #e-buses will replace old polluting buses. The shift will be gradual. Completing a 100 per cent shift is a decade-long process, according to a senior official of the #TransportDepartment.

Already 80 electric buses are plying across Kolkata. Soon, New Town, which is also the booming IT hub of Kolkata, will see 50 e-buses. A hundred e-buses are being bought for Haldia and Durgapur-Asansol.

The government is ready with a plan of setting up 241 #ChargingStations for #ElectricVehicles in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area.

Not just buses, the West Bengal Transport department is also planning #battery-run #ferry services along the Hooghly. The vessels are one of the pivotal and cheapest modes of transport for thousands of passengers.