Union Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Rekha Gupta on Tuesday flagged off 150 new electric buses from Anand Vihar ISBT under the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, taking Delhi’s electric bus fleet to 5,238 and total bus fleet to approximately 6,988 with a target of 14,000 buses by 2028-29. Public EV charging stations were simultaneously inaugurated at Anand Vihar, Nand Nagri, Rohini Sector 37, Nangloi and Keshopur depot, with the Anand Vihar station equipped with eight 240-kW and two 60-kW chargers.
Union Minister Yadav subsequently reviewed the DPCC’s Integrated Command and Control Centre at Shastri Park, where 13 new CAAQMS stations were inaugurated taking Delhi’s total air quality monitoring network to 60 stations tracking PM2.5 and PM10 round the clock. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the ICCC is functioning as a war room against pollution, with AI cameras monitoring 700+ construction sites, GPS-tracked road sweepers and Vayu Rakshak teams in real time.
CM Rekha Gupta said the Delhi government is working in mission mode on pollution control addressing transport, monitoring and infrastructure simultaneously expressing confidence that Central government support, modern technology and inter-agency coordination will make pollution-control efforts more effective ahead of the critical winter season.
