Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar flagged off 65 new electric buses at Ranigunj Bus depot in Hyderabad on Wednesday (December 10, 2025). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT
The Minister said that a survey was conducted for two months to identify areas which were not connected with the public transport facility. Mr. Prabhakar said that RTC bus facility is being provided to 373 colonies from Wednesday, benefitting around 7 lakh people. The Government is prepared to provide the bus facility to the offices in the IT corridor. He appealed to people in rural areas to inform the Corporation’s officials about the lack of bus connectivity.
Currently, the Corporation operates 810 EV buses. Of them, 300 buses are in Hyderabad and Secunderabad limits. Besides the 65 flagged off on Wednesday, More 175 new EV buses would be added in January taking the total EV buses in the city to 540.
The State government launched the Mahalakshmi Scheme (free bus rides) for women, children and transgender persons two years ago. A total of 251 crore zero tickets were issued to women, who saved ₹8,500 crore, said TGSRTC’s Managing Director Y. Nagi Reddy.
Published – December 10, 2025 01:19 pm IST
