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In an endevour to make Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) a pollution-free zone, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) plans to run environmentally-friendly hybrid/electric buses, equipped with Wi-Fi facility, on three routes starting December. The buses will be purchased by the MMRDA in order to promote electric transport under National Electric Mobility Mission 2020 for which the Centre has agreed to provide technical and financial backing of Rs 50 crore to the MMRDA.

"We are all set to receive around five to seven buses by December and subsequently, the operations will begin. Madan, metropolitan commissioner, MMRDA.S.61 crore.P. The MMRDA is also in the process of updating its comprehensive transport study that was prepared back in 2008. The cost of each bus is duracell rechargeable batteries Rs 1. For now, the buses will run on three routes, namely BKC to Bandra station, BKC to Kurla station and BKC to Sion station," said U.

The MMRDA will also consider the feasibility of having a ropeway between Kurla railway station and BKC, where lakhs of office goers travel daily. The hybrid buses are also known as diesel-electric buses and are a combination of an electric battery pack. The hybrid buses will be operated by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on route number 310 and will be owned by the MMRDA.. The electric battery pack reduces fuel consumption, making the buses environment-friendly.

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