LAHORE, (daily paklish): The Punjab government has decided to introduce eco-friendly public transport at tehsil level, with the provincial cabinet approving the deployment of 1,500 electric buses.
The responsibility for implementing the project has been entrusted to Transport Minister Bilal Akbar, and a comprehensive plan would be executed to launch the electric bus service across 91 tehsils in Punjab.
Under the initiative, depots would be established at the tehsil level to facilitate the operation and maintenance of the electric buses. The service was scheduled to commence in Punjab in January 2027, with a target to have 3,000 electric buses operational across the province by June 2027.
Under the proposed plan, 169 electric buses had been allocated for 9 tehsils in Multan, 87 for 4 tehsils in Sahiwal, 215 for 11 tehsils in Bahawalpur, and 63 for 10 tehsils in Dera Ghazi Khan. Similarly, plans have been made to operate 202 electric buses for the 12 tehsils of Faisalabad, 198 for the 14 tehsils of Sargodha, 125 for the 7 tehsils of Gujranwala, 122 for the 8 tehsils of Gujrat, and 219 for the 16 tehsils of Rawalpindi.