According to sources on Wednesday, Kailash Gahlot, the minister of transport for Delhi, has ordered the Department of transport to form a committee to investigate the causes of the frequent breakdowns of electric buses in the nation’s capital.
Gahlot met with department representatives to discuss a number of infrastructure projects, and during that discussion, the instructions were given, they stated.
“The examination of the status of the construction of several bus terminals took up a significant portion of the conference. However, the technical problems with electric buses were briefly discussed, according to a source.
The minister gave a directive to the staff to set up a committee to investigate the technical issues with the electric buses.
The minister gave a directive to the staff to set up a committee to investigate the technical issues with the electric buses.
They were also told to hold off on adding any new electric buses to the fleet until it was certain that they would not have any technical problems. For instance, on Tuesday, 12 buses experienced a low battery (issue) while operating. These problems have been emerging, the insider continued.
Gahlot instructed the transport commissioner earlier this month not to start using the newly introduced electric buses on July 10 if the technical issues are not fixed.
The directive was given in response to an increase in the number of breakdowns involving the electric buses that were added to the fleet of the Delhi Transport Corporation on June 30.
Gahlot instructed the transport commissioner earlier this month not to start using the newly introduced electric buses on July 10 if the technical issues are not fixed.
The directive was given in response to an increase in the number of breakdowns involving the electric buses that were added to the fleet of the Delhi Transport Corporation on June 30.
Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister, has stated on numerous occasions that by 2025, over 10,000 buses will operate in Delhi, with 80% of them being electric-powered.
Gahlot tweeted about the gathering as well. “Held a meeting today with the officials of the transport department and discussed various transport-related matters. I also gave them instructions to finish the various Delhi-based transport infrastructure projects as soon as possible.
The minister stated in a Hindi tweet, “Under the capable leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, we are resolved to give easy transport facilities to the people of Delhi.
According to a government official with knowledge of the situation, DTC hired consultants who included officials who had just resigned from various levels of service with the transport operator.
On the other hand, a government official with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday that Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot has written to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) asking it to keep 22 consultants who were fired by Lieutenant Governor (LG) Saxena on staff and adding that the decision will be discussed with the services department. He requested that Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) raise professional service concerns.
The 400 “specialists” employed by the Delhi government as advisors, fellows, consultants, and senior research officers—among whom are the 22 consultants in question—were fired by LG on July 3 because their hiring was “non-transparent” and did not receive the necessary authority approvals. According to a government official with knowledge of the situation, DTC hired consultants who included officials who had just resigned from various levels of service with the transport operator.
