News: Haryana Clears 200 Electric Buses for Gurugram, Faridabad-17-02-2026
Haryana on Monday cleared the tender to procure 200 electric buses for Gurugram and Faridabad at a high-level procurement committee meeting chaired by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini in Chandigarh.
A senior Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited (GMBCL) official said the tender was discussed in detail before approval. One bidder quoted Rs 55.47 per km for 9-metre buses under the PM E-Sewa project. The operating agreement runs 12 years, with each bus covering 5,400 km a month. Reports gave the buses’ arrival as the end of March, with induction into the fleet by April.
An e-bus depot in Sector 10 is complete, and another is being built in Sector 48 at a cost of Rs 16 crore. The winning company will supply drivers. GMBCL will arrange conductors and has asked the government agency for manpower, with alternative arrangements if needed.
CEO Vishwajit Choudhary said 200 additional buses have been approved for Gurugram and 32 routes identified. Depot infrastructure in Sector 10 and the parking lot in Sector 48 are ready, and a substation has been approved for the Sector 48 depot.
