Fifty new electric buses just rolled into Bhavnagar, while a highway in Assam doubled as a runway, and the optics screamed green push meets military flex.
PM e Bus Sewa in Bhavnagar
PM e Bus Sewa in Bhavnagar
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off 50 electric buses for Bhavnagar.
- Bhavnagar becomes Gujarat’s first city under the PM e Bus Sewa Scheme.
- Air-conditioned vehicles come fitted with CCTV and disability access.
- Gujarat Urban Development Mission will steer state-level rollout.
- Gujarat plans to deploy 750 electric buses across eight cities.
- Vadodara is set to receive 250 buses.
- Rajkot and Gandhinagar each get 100 vehicles.
- Jamnagar, Junagadh, Gandhidham, and Navsari share the remaining allocations.
- Modi touched down at Moran Bypass in Dibrugarh district.
- The 4.2-kilometre stretch of National Highway 37 acts as a runway.
- Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft handled the landing.
- Fighter jets and helicopters performed an aerial display afterward.
