Last Updated: 28 September 2026

Jalandhar, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala to get e-buses^[1]

July 2026 status: 347 e-buses under PM e-Bus Sewa; Ludhiana service targeted from August 2026 (Hambran Road depot), 7 routes covering ~152 km^[2]

¶ Plan details

05 March 2024: Announced by Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema during the state Budget^[1:1]

Punjab Local Government Department will launch electric buses, in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs as

• States will be responsible for running the bus services and making payments to the bus operators^[3]
• e-buses will be deployed using public-private partnership (PPP) model^[1:2]
• 10-year operational cost will be shared between state and center^[3:1]
• Payments to the bus operators to be made on a per kilometre basis^[3:2]
• Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) is the aggregator for the scheme for collective Bidding for all states i.e. cheaper price^[3:3]

REFERENCES:

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1. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/jalandhar-amritsar-ludhiana-patiala-to-get-e-buses-597610 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

2. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/ludhiana-set-to-get-100-electric-buses-under-pm-e-bus-sewa-scheme/ ↩︎ ↩︎

3. https://www.livemint.com/news/india/delhi-4-more-opt-for-direct-debit-in-state-e-bus-scheme-11699641770532.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎