Chandigarh, March 17 – Haryana Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini said to strengthen the state transport, the government will purchase 500 non-AC buses of BS-6 standard, 150 AC buses and 375 electric buses. The Chief Minister today presented the budget for the financial year 2025-26, in which several important announcements were made to make the state’s transport system more convenient, modern and environment-friendly.
The Chief Minister said the government is paying special attention to facilitate the traffic system, modernizing the bus depots and promoting electric vehicles. For the convenience of passengers, modern bus depots will be constructed under the Public-Private Partnership model in Pipli, Karnal, Sector-36, Gurugram, Ballabhgarh (Faridabad) and Sonipat. In addition, a new transport building will be constructed at a cost of Rs 71 crore.
The Chief Minister said Divyang citizens will get the facility of free bus travel. Live tracking system will be implemented in buses on the lines of railways, so that passengers will get information about the status of buses in real time.
He said keeping for reducing pollution and saving fuel, the government will purchase electric vehicles in its departments and Haryana Roadways will include electric buses in its fleet for long distance travel. Converting diesel buses to electric buses will save about 1.50 lakh liters of diesel in the lifetime of each bus. The government aims to include 30% of its total transport fleet in electric vehicles in the next five years.
Sh. Nayab Singh Saini said apart from this, lifetime tax will be implemented in place of annual tax on motor vehicles in the state. Automated vehicle testing stations will be set up in the public-private partnership model under the Central Motor Vehicle Rules. Automatic bus washing machines will be arranged for cleaning buses in every district and modern machines for cleaning bus stands. Also, automatic testing stations will be set up for the fitness of motor vehicles and the motor vehicle tax system will be simplified and converted into a one-time tax.
While presenting the budget, the Chief Minister announced that the revised estimates for the financial year 2024-25 of Rs 3088.52 crore have been proposed to be increased by 9.71 percent to Rs 3388.47 crore in the financial year 2025-26.
