Another 100 electric buses have left Shanghai port for Pakistan and will be running in every district of the province by December, according to a report carried by Gwadar Pro on Tuesday.

The fare is only rupees 20. Modern, CCTV monitored, climate-controlled and comfortable buses for citizens of Punjab. More than 100 of the new buses would arrive in Rawalpindi soon.

On August 12, it was announced that a fleet of 100 electric buses was being loaded at Yantai Port in China for districts including Mianwali, Okara, Nankana Sahib, Muzaffargarh, Vehari, Pakpattan and Dera Ghazi Khan, areas that have “long lacked a formal public transport system”.

Punjab first received 27 electric buses in January this year after Sharif announced in late December that the vehicles, manufactured in China, were ready to be shipped.

As per the government’s plan, the Chinese electric buses will gradually replace conventional buses with electric vehicles to provide affordable, environmentally friendly public transport across urban and rural areas.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP) — Pak-China