With an eye on providing last-mile connectivity to commuters, the Delhi government will next year launch a тАШMohalla BusтАЩ scheme, sources said on Friday. тАЬThe scheme, a first time in DelhiтАЩs history, will be introduced in the 2023-24 budget,тАЭ said a source.
The Delhi budget, to be tabled on March 21, is also likely to propose introduction of 1,500 zero-emission e-buses, which will make the CapitalтАЩs e-bus fleet the largest in the country, the source added.
As part of modernisation of the public transport infrastructure, the government will also develop multiple inter-state bus terminals (ISBTs) with airport-like amenities, multi-level bus depots and bus terminals.
Sources said that with a boost in tax revenue and the governmentтАЩs budget being close to тВ╣80,000 crore, a major outlay of the capital expenditure would be for infrastructure projects. This is a shift from the previous Aam Aadmi Party government budgets, which have focussed mostly on education and health.
