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Delhi is all ready to witness one of the major events of country, the G20 Leaders Summit will be held in September.
All the related arrangement is already at its peak as 19 countries including the European Union will come together to attend the summit.
Ahead of the big event, the national capital will have as many as 400 electric buses, out of which some of them will be used for the summit before joining the DTC fleet.
The buses will be flagged off in the first week of September.
According to the reports of officials from the transport department, the upcoming electric buses will be equipped with an advanced mechanism, allowing them to have higher battery capacity, which will provide better services to the people in two shifts as reported by News18.
Talking about safety, a senior official said all the upcoming electric buses will be equipped with a real-time monitoring system and CCTV cameras, making them even safer for the passengers while traveling at any time in the city. Apart from this, the buses also will have automatic pneumatic wheelchair ramps, which will make travel easy for people with disabilities, official said.
Transport minister Kailash Gahlot said: "We want to ensure that the people coming from different parts of the world to the national capital take back good memories from here," he said.
"Under the leadership of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi has been a pioneer in introducing clean fuel, which has not just made travelling convenient, but also reduced pollution to a great extent. These buses also showcase the Delhi government's commitment to clean energy and reducing carbon emission," he said.