Kathmandu, December 15. The Chinese government is donating 20 electric buses to Nepal for use in the Kathmandu Valley, at a time when the country has been reeling under a shortage of petroleum products resulting from the Indian blockade. Sajha Yatayat will use the modern buses for mass transport.
Spokesperson for Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Gyanendra Karki, told Onlinekhabar: The Chinese government is giving 20 electric buses to Nepal through the Local Development Ministry.
These vehicles are meant for the KMC, which will use them for mass transport in the Kathmandu Valley through Sajha.
THESE BUSES WILL OPERATE IN THE KATHMANDU VALLEY UNDER SAJHA YATAYAT
These buses can be operated by recharging batteries. A team from the KMC is heading to China for signing an agreement to this effect.
Meanwhile, the KMC is also making preparations to buy 10 more electric buses from China. In all, Nepal will bring in 30 electric buses from the northern neighbour.
According to Karki, the metropolis will operate these buses through Sajha Yatayat.
Karki said: We will not operate these buses. Sajha has the relevant experience, so these vehicles will operate under Sajha.
The buses will operate on trial basis at a time when there are talks about giving priority to electric vehicles amid a shortage of fuel resulting from the Indian blockade.
For promoting the use of electric vehicles, China has been imposing up to 67 per cent tax on petroleum products.
China has already given 1300 KL of petrol and is also donating induction stoves to Nepal.
source=sabkura.pvt.ltd
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