First Low Floor Bus In Delhi

Moreover we found a news report dated august 11 2020 from patrika.

First low floor bus in delhi.

Low floor buses in delhi a trip or outing has to be comfortable if you want to enjoy it completely. Delhi waits for new low floor buses after petition blocks deployment. A report by the times of india quoted a government official saying that for the first time low floor buses are being introduced in the cluster scheme that has a fleet of over 1 900 standard floor buses. The delhi transport corporation dtc has started introducing air conditioned buses and brand new low floor buses with floor height of 400 mm 15 75 in and even higher on one third area as against 230 mm 9 06 in available internationally on city.

The supreme court had passed an order in 1998 that delhi needs 11 000 buses but the city at present only has about 5 600. These buses are part of the delhi government s plan to introduce 1 000 low floor air conditioned buses under its cluster scheme. With the introduction of bus rapid transit brt and the development of dedicated corridors for the service bus service is set to improve. The low floor buses are meant to be wheelchair.

Sheila dikshit delhi chief minister flagged off the first bus from the delhi secretariat. Delhi transport corporation the city s main public transport operator plies over 3 600 low floor buses out of its total fleet of 5 600 buses.